kabner Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Well, I have been having trouble with my idle since I rebuilt my carbs. Started by placing stock jets in when I shouldn’t have but I got that changed back. When all was said and done it struggled to idle. I ended up installing a TORS elimination kit and got back down to business on working on the idle. The bike starts on the first or second kick and it will idle fine with the choke on. But when I take the choke off it idles slightly higher, idles for 5 to 10 seconds, and then dies. If I give it throttle the start of the idle it responds fine but if I wait until the idle starts to slow it bogs when I hit the throttle and eventually dies. But if when it starts to slow I pull the choke back out it usually recovers and idles again. This is the same thing it was doing before I installed the TORS elimination kit. I have my air screw backed out at 2 ¾ turns like it was before I rebuilt the carbs. Adjusting the air and idle won’t seem to fix the problem, it will just idle higher and then die the same way. Another thing that has me baffled left carb (choke side) will leak gas out of the overflow. Every time I have had the carbs off (about 5 times now) I have checked the floats and they seem to working fine, and when I did the carb rebuild I replaced the plungers. Any help would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickson483 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 What are your mods and current jetting setup? I'd start with 1.5 turns on the air screw. If your carb spews gas it because of a stuck float or impropper float height, or even maybe your float leaks and sinks. If its stuck you can usually get it free by hitting it with the handle of a screw driver or by picking up the back of your quad and dropping it a few times. How did you measure your float height and what is it at now? If your float leaks you'll hear gas slosh around inside of it when you shake it. Finally, if your float system is all jacked up you will definitely have a problem getting it to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtDiggler69 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 X2 on checking the floats for cracks and filling with gas . If you are unsure , take them out and sink them into a container of pre-mix and see if bubbles start coming up . It sounds like your pilots are too small , have you made any changes to the intake or exhaust without rejetting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabner Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Well, I got it running good finally. I took the carbs apart once again and this time I adjusted the float hieght to around 21mm (they were around 24mm). The the pilots say they are 25's but I believe the previous owner modified them because when compared to a stock 25 they look much larger. Also, when examining the pilots I noticed they had a fuzzy looking obsturction inside. I cleaned them out and cleaned the carbs again and she began to run and idle perfectly with a little adjustment. Thanks for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtDiggler69 Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Right on!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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