Subject: RE: Help! Carb adjustments
Author: Mike Walker
Date: Jan 16, 2005, 8:12 AM
Post ID: 1718218969
Thank you Paul and thank you Pat for your resopnses-
The throttle cables are new and lubed and slippery and do not seem to be
binding. There is just enough free play at the throttle grip to prevent
the throttle cable sheath from slipping out of the little 'port' at the
end of the little chain device that translates the rotational motion of
the throttle grip into the back and forth motion of the cable. There is
about 4mm of play there.
A vintage BMW friend has a digital carb ballancer, and he installed
threated ports on the inlets while I rebuilt/cleaned the carbs. I got
the bike running strong enough to ride out to a club breakfast and then
to the Easyriders show here in Sac, but the bike was still inconsistent
enough at idle to die twice at stoplights along the way. Fortunately it
restarted quickly enough. Fortunately, because I was surrounded by rich
Harley bikers with fabulous paint jobs!
I'm not quite sure how I should adjust the carbs once the digital
balancer is hooked up. I suppose I should set the pilot screws to the
factory setting and adjust the idle screw and the throttle slide
adjustments to get the vaccuum even between the two carbs?
Thanks in advance-
Gerard in Sacramento