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I got back to my carbs last night. Taking them off, I find is the easy part - I don't even mind taking them apart and putting them back together - aside from a little aggravation with the diaphragms. Puting them back on is a major pain. The worst part is trying to get the boots between the airbox and the carbs seated, without dislodging the carb boots. I suspect that whole air box was designed by satan. The first time I took it off, I hadn't read the tip not to remove the philips screws from the top of it. I got it back together, but it was not fun.
I finally got everything where it was supposed to be (more or less), tightened it all up, put the tank back on, connected the hoses, hit the starter and vrooooom - the bike revved up to 7000 rpm. Now what have I done I thought!!? I bench synched the carbs, raised the floats (only about 1 mm), and I reset the idle mixture screws. None of that should have had that result - the idle may have changed, but not that much. I tried it again - same result. It was now quarter to one (a.m.) and I was mighty discouraged. I thought -what could make that happen? Just to see what would happen I stuck a screwdriver in between the carbs and pushed down on the throttle. It moved. When I tightened the clip on the #4 carb boot, I had, in my tiredness and enthusiasm, shoved the screw up the other side of the boot. Thinking it didn't matter, I left it there. It apparently does matter, beacuse it interfered with the throttle. I moved the offending clip out of the way and hit the starter again. The engine fired up and happily rumbled at about 1200 rpm, only 100 above where it was before the adjustments. I adjusted it back to 1100 - and it being too late, and having to work in the morning - I decided to put off a test ride until tonight.
Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions and tips. I truly appreciate them. You have saved me much aggravation, and a lot of money. I hope to get to Montana this summer and meet some of you.
I finally got everything where it was supposed to be (more or less), tightened it all up, put the tank back on, connected the hoses, hit the starter and vrooooom - the bike revved up to 7000 rpm. Now what have I done I thought!!? I bench synched the carbs, raised the floats (only about 1 mm), and I reset the idle mixture screws. None of that should have had that result - the idle may have changed, but not that much. I tried it again - same result. It was now quarter to one (a.m.) and I was mighty discouraged. I thought -what could make that happen? Just to see what would happen I stuck a screwdriver in between the carbs and pushed down on the throttle. It moved. When I tightened the clip on the #4 carb boot, I had, in my tiredness and enthusiasm, shoved the screw up the other side of the boot. Thinking it didn't matter, I left it there. It apparently does matter, beacuse it interfered with the throttle. I moved the offending clip out of the way and hit the starter again. The engine fired up and happily rumbled at about 1200 rpm, only 100 above where it was before the adjustments. I adjusted it back to 1100 - and it being too late, and having to work in the morning - I decided to put off a test ride until tonight.
Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions and tips. I truly appreciate them. You have saved me much aggravation, and a lot of money. I hope to get to Montana this summer and meet some of you.
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