It just wont turn over, WHY!!!!

[OMCC]

Was that a question, or just correcting his typo!? You did the carb cleaning x 1 now...Anyways, we have found that most folks would do a cursory cleaning, not work, then perform a second slightly more involved cleaning, still not clean enough, and then have to do a 3rd tear down, and more thorough cleaning/soaking and brushing of parts and spritzing of the passages before they finally get the carbs cleaned enough to work right=Triple clean!

Actually I was confirming that I performed a triple clean as you described it. I went all OCD on it and made the thing sparkle.Soaking, spritzing, soaking again The weird part is that as I stated previously it really wasn't that dirty to begin with, compared to some of the pictures I've seen. The thing looked brand new.

You may not know it, but I thought the carb 101 thread/tip explained about the little Starter Jet down in the float bowl, and that it needs to be clean and flowing for the bike's enrichener to work.

Thats the jet underneath the flat head screw next to the main jet correct? if so yes I cleaned and soaked those.

And when you crack the throttle, you actually DROP the vacuum that's being created and so it has less of a pull affect to draw the fuel up from the bowl..that's why folks should NOT twist the throttle when trying to start their bike cold...just use the enrichener!

I learn something new everyday thanks!

[TopCatGr58]

Sorry, but NO..the jet under the screw in the carb body is the PILOT JET.

There's a little jet down in the actual BOWL of the carb, that's why that long brass tube sticks out of the body, it fits down into the small tunnel in the bowl, where it's supposed to suck up fuel from the bowl THRU the little jet in the bowl. If it's clogged, then the starter jet can't get any fuel and so the enrichener won't work, no large bolus of fuel to start a cold engine.

Can take a small wire to poke thru the opening in the jet in the bowl along wtih repeated spritzes of carb cleaner....just be careful not to squirt yourself in the eye when it blows back out of the bowl!!

T.C.

[OMCC]

Sorry, but NO..the jet under the screw in the carb body is the PILOT JET.

There's a little jet down in the actual BOWL of the carb, that's why that long brass tube sticks out of the body, it fits down into the small tunnel in the bowl, where it's supposed to suck up fuel from the bowl

Ok I know exactly what your talking about, I did spritz it but didn't give it the wire treatment I will try that this weekend, thanks!

[jwhughes3]

And make sure battery is charged to 12v - when below 10.5 v it cranks but the TCI will not fire - if you have been diagnosing a bunch it can get low.

John

[OMCC]

And make sure battery is charged to 12v - when below 10.5 v it cranks but the TCI will not fire - if you have been diagnosing a bunch it can get low.

John

I have been keeping an eye on that. It's been a consistent 12v throughout the trials