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Okay gat as far as the air cleaner and the three screws for the back plate. I'm gonna have to gat a little more forcefull with the head breather bolts. When I put it back together am I going to need to get a torgue wrench for it or is as snug as I can get it acceptable. What are the chances of me snapping something by going too tight?
They be tight, no need for a torque wrench unless you're 7 foot tall and bench press 500 lbs for a warm-up
You won't snap anything but you'll strip the thread in the heads if you go all bigfoot on it...
Maybe its just the Sportster Forums but I have seen people get their panties in a wad on that very issue on this very website........its why EFI was introduced, too many people getting into fights over the subject.
BTW....I have been waiting for someone to chime in with "Its not a choke it's an enrichener" but alas, I have been let down once more by the interwebs :-) :-) :-)
Well, you have enrichened-(is that a word)-my technical abilities with that string trick. The one thing I have trouble with when working on a carb is figuring out how to fish that **** in or out. I swear it never goes back the same way it came out..
Back when I was steadily working on my carb and had to pull it off I would simply use my small crescent to loosen the metal nut on the "enrichener ****" and oush it to the side so it was out of the slot then loosen off a/c and carb ,pull voes hose off and fuel line and pull it through and do reverse. Now with carb working great I don;t even set a tension on "enrichener" I pull it out to start , let go and go right to throttle.
By the way take a pic with your phone or if your have photographic memory , keep an eye on the placement of enrichener cable and fuel line when fishing out and back in.
Last edited by RidemyEVO; Jul 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM.
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