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From: Kentucky
It certainly could be a big deal to someone who's not mechanically inclined. And I'm getting the feeling that the OP isn't. You can ride the bike to a shop and pay them to fix this, or you can fix it yourself and possibly have to trailer the bike to the same shop if you mess it up enough, and spend even more.
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Give it a try, it's really not that hard. If I can do it, anyone can!
Dropping the bowl is easy, I bet you have some some grit in there that jammed the float.
Sometimes just dropping the bowl, pushing up on the float a few times, and putting it back together will clear it up.
If the float is full of gas, you should be able to feel it, the float will feel too heavy.
Dropping the bowl is easy, I bet you have some some grit in there that jammed the float.
Sometimes just dropping the bowl, pushing up on the float a few times, and putting it back together will clear it up.
If the float is full of gas, you should be able to feel it, the float will feel too heavy.
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From: Beyond Fucital
Give it a try, it's really not that hard. If I can do it, anyone can!
Dropping the bowl is easy, I bet you have some some grit in there that jammed the float.
Sometimes just dropping the bowl, pushing up on the float a few times, and putting it back together will clear it up.
If the float is full of gas, you should be able to feel it, the float will feel too heavy.
Dropping the bowl is easy, I bet you have some some grit in there that jammed the float.
Sometimes just dropping the bowl, pushing up on the float a few times, and putting it back together will clear it up.
If the float is full of gas, you should be able to feel it, the float will feel too heavy.
Or like Ragtop said, check if the float has gas in it. Then the float is bad.
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From: Prior Lake, MN
Evidently you lack the experience too.
He cant really make it worse and he might learn something. Plus he'll know how to remove it if he does screw it up. So he can take it in for a rebuild. You don't need to take the whole bike in for a carburetor repair.
He cant ride it with the carburetor leaking and to tow it for a carburetor repair is wasteful.
He cant really make it worse and he might learn something. Plus he'll know how to remove it if he does screw it up. So he can take it in for a rebuild. You don't need to take the whole bike in for a carburetor repair.
He cant ride it with the carburetor leaking and to tow it for a carburetor repair is wasteful.
My post was from the perspective of the OP, who by his own admission clearly doesn't want to or feel confident doing this work.
If he's hesitant to remove the float bowl, I suspect he'd be even more hesitant to remove the entire carb.
Easy for those who know how, possibly daunting for those who don't.
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From: Out West
It's 34 years old. Eventually everything will need repairing at some point. If yours is the Old Mikuni Carb, it would be worth looking at a 40MM CV that was on the later bikes. There are tons of them on Ebay for $100 +/-.
If you can not or are not interested in trying to do it yourself, take it to a good shop. The money spent with them is often far less than trying to do it yourself.
If you can not or are not interested in trying to do it yourself, take it to a good shop. The money spent with them is often far less than trying to do it yourself.
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If not mechanically inclined and already thinking you don't want to mess with it I would not talk you into messing with it. The brass screws can go fubar. Don't ask me how I know. Ha ha ha. I do miss my Mikuni on my old Wide Glide.
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Not quite, but thanks for playing. I've done carburetor rebuilds on every car I've owned that had one. So I'm a bit familiar. At least a half dozen over the decades. But I digress.......................
My post was from the perspective of the OP, who by his own admission clearly doesn't want to or feel confident doing this work.
If he's hesitant to remove the float bowl, I suspect he'd be even more hesitant to remove the entire carb.
Easy for those who know how, possibly daunting for those who don't.
My post was from the perspective of the OP, who by his own admission clearly doesn't want to or feel confident doing this work.
If he's hesitant to remove the float bowl, I suspect he'd be even more hesitant to remove the entire carb.
Easy for those who know how, possibly daunting for those who don't.
I can't see paying someone for something I can possibly do myself.
At least I'll make a attempt, If I'm going to pay someone it's going to fix something I broke.