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Pilot jets
10/27/08 at 16:58:12

Ok well I don't even want to ask this cause I feel stupid but here goes. I have the main and needle spacer where they seem just right. Still can't get it to lean anymore at idle so I was about to get a #50 pilot for it until I realized there are two pilots. Can someone tell me the different function of the two and was I about to change the correct one to lean it down at idle? Thanks gentleman

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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #1 - 10/27/08 at 17:00:31 Oh also figured I should ask, should I be looking at the float or anything else to determine why it's so rich at idle? The carb is spotless inside and working real well...except for starting the bike and taking off from a stop.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29698 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #2 - 10/27/08 at 19:40:01 Hey 88, I just PM'd you before I found this post. There is only one pilot jet, and one main...both side by side in the float bowl. You may be thinking of the idle mix screw as a pilot jet. It's not a jet,...no hole in it,...more like a finger that you adjust in or out, to vary the amount of flow through a fuel passage.
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Re: Pilot jets
Reply #3 - 10/27/08 at 19:56:54

Ya that's what I thought. One of the couple shops I called kept asking me "which pilot jet" are you looking for..thought there was only one main and one pilot. There is a part on the schematic at the top of the carb that says pilot jet also..maybe that's the screw you guys speak of? Well for some reason the completely stock bike I bought has a 52.5 pilot so I'm hoping a 50 will set me straight. Then maybe I'll figure out if I should add a spacer or two back on the needle and drop the 152 main to 150. I just wanna ride!! I can't find the model # on our carb..anyone know an easy way for me to order the jet without dealing with these shops?

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 29042 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #4 - 10/27/08 at 19:58:47
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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #5 - 10/27/08 at 20:04:41 Yep Verslagen that's what I thought. Ok screw the guys at the shop, I'll find another (less frustrating) way to get the correct pilot. For some reason this supposedly completely stock 96 came to me with a 52.5 pilot instead of the stock 47.5. Soooo anyone have a 50 or the whereabouts for me?
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Reply #6 - 10/27/08 at 20:08:09

Ahhh!...that jet up top is an air inlet jet. No fuel goes through that one. It lets air go in to the top of the slide diaphragm so that the engine vacuum can pull the slide down. You don't need to worry about that one unless it gets clogged up.
Carbs are complicated boogers.... Our carbs are Mikuni BS40SS...the SS may just stand for Suzuki Savage, not sure.

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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #7 - 10/27/08 at 20:11:08 So obviously I need part 18 but the guy at the shop kept saying I needed 42. Doesn't really matter what he thinks cause they don't stock them anyway.
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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #8 - 10/27/08 at 20:12:57 Ok cool thanks boss. I'll do a search for a pilot for that model # and see what I find..unless Lancer get's back online and says he has one to sell me
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29698 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #9 - 10/27/08 at 20:13:39 Bingo!,.. 42 is the air jet,...18 is the pilot jet you want. Tell the guy at the shop he's a twit!... Na,... better not...he'll overcharge you....
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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #10 - 10/27/08 at 20:21:04 I can't seem to find a site selling pilots designated for that carb. I'm assuming that a Mikuni pilot jet isn't just going to fit all models right....that would be too easy.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29698 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #11 - 10/27/08 at 20:25:46 I think it is that easy.... Mikuni's pilot's are all the same fit, just want a #50. Some have little side pinholes, some don't but that's not important. I'm not 100% on that info,..but I think so. Float needles on the other hand are a turd. WAIT! SORRY, I THINK I'M WRONG!... I'll do some searching...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29698 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #12 - 10/27/08 at 20:35:21 I think this is it. Wish Lancer could confirm. Anybody? I normally take my old one out to the shop and do a eyeball match. http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/tpl/product.jsp?store=Main&catId=111&leafCatId=...
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88pagan Full Member Offline God is just an imaginary friend for adults.. Posts: 237 Norco, California Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #13 - 10/27/08 at 20:52:48 I think you're right. The several I've found online look exactly like that. Besides, they'd have to specify model #'s if it were really specific to each one. Ok gonna order, need to start riding again
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29698 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Pilot jets Reply #14 - 10/27/08 at 20:55:15 Well good luck,..hope we're right. I went out to the shed and dug up my old one, but the only markings on it are size. #52.5....no help..
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