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Simple question? GS650 Choke spring too strong?

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I have an 82 gs650ez that I just pulled out of storage, and while not a huge deal, I'm just wondering if this is normal operation.

When I push the choke lever to full open and let go of the lever, it'll slowly slide towards half-choke and stay there. Is it supposed to go to half-choke on it's own? I've checked the spring placement against the manual and it is correct. I'd rather not have to hold the choke on full while waiting it for warm up enough for half-choke.
I'm thinking I may need to cut the spring a bit but I don't want it to fail to fully close when I put the lever to the closed position.
 
Long as it lifts far enough to extract the pin from the hole in the carb body is all that matters. Once the hole is open its open and you cant force anything more through it. You wont need to hold it full choke for very long so I don't think its a great trouble. Don't cut the choke springs.
 
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It's not the spring, it's the choke lever mechanism. I had a 1981 GS650GL with the plunger-style choke operation. It relied on friction to resist the spring on the carbs. I had to replace it because I ran out of adjustment and the choke would slowly close, similar to yours; the new assembly worked just fine. I'm not sure if you can adjust the lever assembly or not but I'd start there.
 
Skinner said:
It's not the spring, it's the choke lever mechanism. I had a 1981 GS650GL with the plunger-style choke operation. It relied on friction to resist the spring on the carbs. I had to replace it because I ran out of adjustment and the choke would slowly close, similar to yours; the new assembly worked just fine. I'm not sure if you can adjust the lever assembly or not but I'd start there.
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Agree. Maybe look to add a spring washer of some sort to keep the lever from springing back?
 
Interesting. I figured that since the spring compresses when choke is opened, it was trying to close it. Didn't expect to need friction on the lever to resist the spring. I wonder if I could just screw the lever down tighter.... will have to look.
 
The '82 uses a lever on the left handgrip. Just tighten the Phillip screw at the pivot. :encouragement:

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