Is there a pilot screw tool?

[Don R]

RS36 Mikuni's, I find it difficult to keep track of the amount of turns when adjusting the pilot screws, they face down and are behind the float bowls. I'm thinking of making a tool with a sleeve to keep it on the screw and a T on the bottom so I can keep track of how much I have turned them.

 

[Big T]

Check at Motion Pro

 

[Rijko]

I like Allen Millyard his solution

 

[Spiff]

I like Allen Millyard his solution

I like how he said it's a nice and cheap solution and then pulls out the lathe

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Well, it's only the knob he uses the lathe for. He could have used any found object and glued it on the end for a knob.
I did buy a similar tool, but find it hard to feel the air screw movement or if the tip was actually engaged in the air screw slot.
Just using a screwdriver tip with my fingers, and my hand shoved under the carbs, was the only way I was sure of the work.

 

[oldGSfan]

That's a nice solution, I have the copper pipe and old cables, may try.

Normally I just use one of those small screwdriver bits with a 1/4" socket, then put a 3/8 to 1/4 adapter. It can be extended with more adapters. I keep it from falling apart using blue painter's tape and mark with a sharpie with vertical dots 1,2.3,4 for the 4 quarters of a full turn.

Then I drop it under the carbs several times and get the headlight and magnet to fish it out. Eventually, I get a microfiber towel and put it under the carbs to make retrieval easier. That area is a black hole, I have a couple of vacuum port washers down there somewhere in the fins.

I've been watching his Norton Nemesis series, it's interesting, but he spends a lot of time focusing on tightening screws, etc so I FF a lot.
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[Isetta]

I saw the Allen millyard video on making that tool and made one myself a while back. On mine I used a round piece of wood as the knob and glued it on. It is a useful tool to reach airscrews under petrol tank, BUT - if your airscrews are a bit tight then when using this tool in one direction it does not feel as direct as it should. this is because the speedo cable is spirally wound and when adjusting in the opposite direction with a tight screw it feels like turning the knob is trying to unwind the speedo cable. But still glad I made one.

 

[Spiff]

I have a 1/4 bit driver set, it contains a 90degree adapter, I've found that if I use a long flathead bit it gives me the reach I need down to the screw. Unfortunately it's kind of bulky but it works for the gs. Maybe not more cramped bikes