High idle
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High idle
I need some help guys. I have a 2005 road king with a carb. It cranks and idles fine when cold. After riding for a while and the bike is good and hot it idles high. You can shut it off and let it cool down some, about five or ten minutes and it will idle fine again. Any suggestion would be a great help. I'm pretty good with wrench's just new to working on a Harley. Thanks
Last edited by 2kz28; Feb 2, 2012 at 06:52 PM. Reason: Typo
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I have not tried to adjust yet. I wanted to do my homework and get some feedback before I start tweaking. I should have mentioned that it is a 95in with 510g cams, se breather kit and se ignition, and vance and hines pipes.Not sure what's been done to carb All mods were done when I bought it. Except for the high idle it runs like a dream. Thanks for the help
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Here's some good info on how the carb works, a common mod and how to adjust and tune it.
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/hd_cv_mods.htm
this is for future reference.
as pointed out above, once you adjust the idle hot, you'll just use the "enricher" for cold starts. the pull out has a knurled tension **** behind it on the mount.
Make sure your idle speed is high enough to get proper oil pressure.
mike
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/hd_cv_mods.htm
this is for future reference.
as pointed out above, once you adjust the idle hot, you'll just use the "enricher" for cold starts. the pull out has a knurled tension **** behind it on the mount.
Make sure your idle speed is high enough to get proper oil pressure.
mike
Last edited by mkguitar; Feb 3, 2012 at 02:35 AM.
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If you look down in your carb while operating the throttle, you'll see the idle screw move against the stop. With the bike full hot(after about 5-10 miles), turn the screw veeeeery slowly out (loosening, or counter-clockwise) until you get the lope you desire. Make sure the choke is all the way in.
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