30years Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I was talking to a few of you about the carbs on my shee being to big or not. Well, I swapped out the 34mm carbs I had, and went back to stockers. I removed the tors and put the idle screw in, and now the damn thing is starving for gas. I took all the jets and the choke and the floats and float needles out of the carbs sprayed them down with carb n choke cleaner, and blasted em out with air. Now I have to spray starting fluid to get it started and rap the throttle to keep it running. HEEELP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinklerman Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I was talking to a few of you about the carbs on my shee being to big or not. Well, I swapped out the 34mm carbs I had, and went back to stockers. I removed the tors and put the idle screw in, and now the damn thing is starving for gas. I took all the jets and the choke and the floats and float needles out of the carbs sprayed them down with carb n choke cleaner, and blasted em out with air. Now I have to spray starting fluid to get it started and rap the throttle to keep it running. HEEELP!!! If you just did the TORS, i'd bet you didnt grind enough of the boss down and the idle screw isnt getting the slides up high enough to idle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2ride06shee Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 You may have more than one problem. The hard start could be from the bowls being on the wrong carb. The idle could be from the idle screws needing adjustment. Make sure to double check everything. Just a suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06specialedition Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Did you put the choke tube back on the stock carbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh0573 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) dont waste your time with carb cleaner... if it wont start on its own then let these guys help you figure it out, its not worth a set of rings, or worse... Edited January 17, 2011 by uhoh0573 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sangheraent Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 are you able to ride it? it almost seems like jetting to me. what do you have in there? does it act different when you pull the choke? if that does nothing then something is definitely installed wrong. if it gets better its lean if it gets worse its rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider1026 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 sounds like the slides are in backwards.. if you put the left carb slide in the right carb and the right slide in the left carb, they are backwards.. look at the backside of carb ( closest to air filter) the back of the slide should have an arch at the bottom. if not, they are in backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooptiee Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Did you rejet your carbs for the colder temps? I live 45 minutes west of you in Columbiaville just outside of lapeer, I am running stock carbs with 350 main jets, 30 on the pilots and aftermarket needle's with clip, 1 groove off the bottom. It was a hair lean at 68 degrees on the dyno, If I was to run mine in this 25 degree weather I would probably be running close to 400 mains, just a idea you might just be way too lean on your jetting which would cause a hard start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30years Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I finally figured It out. It was the stupid vacuum line that goes between the carbs. DuH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrill-billy85 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i wrote a fucking pre-post check-list for this EXACT type of shit.... you just got had by one of the most common starting problems associated with stock carbs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overboost Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 WORD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheesrtoys Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 You may have more than one problem. The hard start could be from the bowls being on the wrong carb. The idle could be from the idle screws needing adjustment. Make sure to double check everything. Just a suggestion. what is the diffence in the bowls? because i looked at mine today and they look exactly the same, i even put them on backwards and did not have this starting problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrill-billy85 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 what is the diffence in the bowls? because i looked at mine today and they look exactly the same, i even put them on backwards and did not have this starting problem? theyre not the same... one one has the choke circut. if you take the bowls off there is a brass siphon tube feeding down into the bowl... only the carb with the choke knob has it. it feeds down into a hole in the bowl (BOTH bowls have the hole) at the bottom of the hole there is a tiny brass jet (choke jet) the choke jet is only in the hole on ONE of the bowls.... the bowl that has it is the one that needs to be on the carb WITH the brass siphon tube (not to be confused with the angled over-flow tubes that both bowls have) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jereme6655 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 another way to distinguish between the two is to look at the outside of the bowls themselves too. The choke bowl has a brass ball on the OUTSIDE of the bowl. The non-choke carb does NOT have the brass ball on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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