secret to carb install
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From: Bluffton, South Carolina
With todays corn diluted fuels the needles will leak and look fine. I've replace a half dozen this year alone. If you look at them under a magnifying glass they look fine, but still leak. Use dish detergent and a new seal when you remount the carb.
John
John
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From: Northern Ontario
Dish detergent is was leak teating I would imagine but when you say seal do you mean carb to manifold gasket? Was also wandering if I should change the seals going from manifold to heads?
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From: Ottawa, ON
butterflies, like S&S - high speeds, performance, racing, highway, long hauls, touring;
slides, like Mikuni - city driving, stop and go, constant transitions between mods and circuits;
CV's - compromise between those two, plus self-adjust for altitude advantage
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From: New Albany, Ms.
Cool!
In a nutshell (and very simplified of course):
butterflies, like S&S - high speeds, performance, racing, highway, long hauls, touring;
slides, like Mikuni - city driving, stop and go, constant transitions between mods and circuits;
CV's - compromise between those two, plus self-adjust for altitude advantage
butterflies, like S&S - high speeds, performance, racing, highway, long hauls, touring;
slides, like Mikuni - city driving, stop and go, constant transitions between mods and circuits;
CV's - compromise between those two, plus self-adjust for altitude advantage
Good simplification, even a old redneck can understand. :-)
Ride Safe,
Harold
Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
Checking the float level costs nothing.
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From: on the road
the new fuels seem to attack fuel line with a vengeance-------most of the float issues I see have microscopic pieces of rubber holding the needle off the seat.I bought a better filter and moved it closer to the carb as well as replace fuel lines yearly.Still had a issue the other day where the crossover line between the tanks came off going down the road and had drawn up so much I couldnt get it back on without it splitting.The hose was put on in July last year
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From: DFW
Yes, you can use it for the carb to manifold gasket. If it has been awhile on the manifold to head gaskets, and you're already in there, probably a good idea. I replaced all the gaskets as there were not old, but could tell by touch they had dried out a bit and were not as supple.
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Then you would be mistaken in that belief sir....you should check float level at least once a year. Many things can put it out of spec.