Carb float set up

[Peter]

Hello I am using the clear tube method to set my float heights, but, I get the level good and then the level shoots up and starts to pour out of the carb......:-( Any suggestions as to why this is happening??

TKs
Peter.

[blue giant]

Hey Peter,

I was having the same problem, I kept cleaning the carbs and checking the float height. Turned out to be the o-rings around the seat body. I ordered new needles and seats, problem solved.

Remove the retaining ring/clip and check how much movement you have between the valve body and the carb body.

Cheers,

Paul

[jjwaller]

One thing i've noticed too, is that the
float can catch on the side of the bowl when re-assembling the carb.
Quick check is to blow gently,in the fuel lines (with empty bowls)while turning the carbs up-side down. Right side up and air should flow, upside down and air should not.
John

[XSPastor]

Pay attention too to how low the floats drop in the bowls. Most people don't check that. There is no known spec for it either as far as I know. I had a persistant gas leak into the airbox untill I figured out that one float was dropping much lower than the rest and jamming open. I adjusted it to match the others and I haven't had a leak since.

Tim

[Lloydo]

Also look for "divots" on the float tabs, where the float pins contact. Mine was leaking fuel to the carbs, & it was rhe float pins "hanging" in the divots on the tabs.

[ross]

living the nightmare....

hey there peter.....first off...."may the force be with you".......good luck with the setup....ya might wanna look into my "the $64,000 question is" thread....have been messing around with my carbs 3 weeks and still have to get them right...sort of when good ideas go bad....might of even been the earthquake that messed them up.....who knows.....ross

[Peter]

carb

Thank's for all the replies here...cheers, well I worked out all the carb level's to a "T", except for the number 2 carb, the level again stays good for like a min or two then she goes up. So I'm hoping that when the bike is running and sucking the fuel the level will never have a chance to shoot up.

I'll let you all know how it goes....I also have size 138 main jet I hope that does the trick.

Peter....