BitchenBanshee Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 What is the symptom of a needle jet being too lean. My bike was sputtering a bit in the mid and I raised the clip one groove. It seemed to make it almost go away, just a little sputter left. How do I know if the needle is too lean? Quote
fixitrod Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Usually sputtering is rich. It'll pull real hard once you get out of "too rich". If you get lean it just won't pull hard. It may even just about dye when you "stab" the throttle.... like it's ran out of gas. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted August 22, 2004 Report Posted August 22, 2004 Usually sputtering is rich. It'll pull real hard once you get out of "too rich". If you get lean it just won't pull hard. It may even just about dye when you "stab" the throttle.... like it's ran out of gas. Damn right. My needles were TOO rich this last weekend at the dunes. If I ran at 1/2 throttle, it would start to bog...then it would literally chug at idle until it cleaned out..then it was fine. With these stock carbs it takes me over an hour and a half to change the needles...... I really liked Fixitrods carbs...what was it, 10 minutes maybe? Quote
fixitrod Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 Usually sputtering is rich. It'll pull real hard once you get out of "too rich". If you get lean it just won't pull hard. It may even just about dye when you "stab" the throttle.... like it's ran out of gas. Damn right. My needles were TOO rich this last weekend at the dunes. If I ran at 1/2 throttle, it would start to bog...then it would literally chug at idle until it cleaned out..then it was fine. With these stock carbs it takes me over an hour and a half to change the needles...... I really liked Fixitrods carbs...what was it, 10 minutes maybe? Maybe Quote
BitchenBanshee Posted August 23, 2004 Author Report Posted August 23, 2004 How are fixitrod's carb's different? Quote
fixitrod Posted August 23, 2004 Report Posted August 23, 2004 I just have pwk's 35mm. Unscrewing the tops, take out a 6mm "retainer" adjust the needle and put it back together is so freakin easy. I'm guessing a lot of aftermarket carbs are that way. Those clips in the stock carbs kind of suck. The biggest trick of any carb is learning how to hold the spring into the cap with the throttle cabled pulled all the way down before you start. Quote
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