I did my first carburetor teardown today to see where its at.  I know the brass plug was already out exposing the tuning screw, so not sure what to expect inside.  The previous owner did have just straight pipes on this - literally cut the header and welded on two feet of pipe.  Unfortunately it was silver spray paint on it (not high-heat) so its blistering off, but I digress.

The needle's washer is the original and unchanged.  I will be shaving it down.  The jet setup is pilot 52.5 and main 145.  The screws on the cover were a pain!  Had to convert one to a flat head in order to avoid drilling it out.

Were I you, I would not allow my pooch near any law enforcement officers.

If your pooch squeals on you, youre goin to jail.

Inspect a flat plate? For what?

IF you can get it to operate smoothly & close off the carb throat like it did before you decided it was in need of attention, then it will live.

If you try & fail, you buy a carb.. Mite as well try.,.but right now, I think the best you can hope for is your pooch forgiving you.

Before ya go playin in the carb, read some tech posts on carb mods & maintenance,. If theyre not taking things apart & "inspecting" them, you neednt bother either.

After thinking a minute, I have to ask,, You started one screw out, it started messing up &, instead of solving that problem, you went for the other screw?

Ive had dogs, man,, & theyre NOTHING Like Lassie, ever,, you feed them haul them to the vet, treat them better than extended family & what do they do? They pee in the floor@!They will rat a guy out in a heartbeat,,

Good luck,  you may save it, if ya do or if ya dont, before ya walk off in something that could bite ya, just ask. There are so many knowledgeable people here who can keep you from stomping the pan in the bear trap its just unreal,,

Amen to that Jog... If I were you once you figure out how to fix the mess you have now take it sloooow... If you are reduceing the size of the spacer, keep it intact & grab some washers from the hardware store of the same size instead- that way you can have ur original part and be able to change the spacer size by removing or adding a washer.
The jets that are on your bike are the originals, maybe go up a size on the MAIN- two if 1 doesn't improve the bike- I wouldn't mess with the pilot yet- one circut at a time. get that right & then the pilot, but I don't think you'll need to change it IMHO.
Clean it good along with the TEV and becareful with small parts & put it back together the way U found it  

Yea,, if a guys gonna mung something up, nows the time.

Thats the Spirit!

LANCER wrote on 11/12/12 at 14:10:41:


Even though it is on the throttle plate and shouldn't have contact with gas?  I thought this stuff was safe on the block and could handle it.  Just curious if you could elaborate so I understand better.

I was able to put it back together and its in fairly good shape.  Since I had the butterfly valve off at this point, I was able to shave it down to get rid of the scoring. Can only guess that someone had played with it before, either something stuck in there or tool marks.  

I used a sandpaper flapper wheel to polish it out on the valve and the chamber to a smoother surface.  Of course cleaning it thoroughly while disassembled with carb cleaner before reassembling.  I did have to replace the one bolt with a m#4 after tapping and threading the hole.  Used Red (high strength) loctite to secure it too.