rifleshooter
Sat Dec 21st, 2013, 07:08 PM
With classes out yesterday (I'm a teach) I've decided to get to the root of my full-throttle problem. Symptoms? Running lean in hot weather in top gear between 5-6k.
Bike is 18 years old, so I figure it needs a little help. I looked into the tank and saw what I thought was a bit of the old red stuff. A further look into the tank reveals that it's pretty clean, with perhaps a tot of rust near the seams (where they always rust.
I spent the last 4 hours removing plastics, taking the tank off (I've never done this on a bike, and it was not all that fun), and taking off the very complicated intake system. I am now down to loosening the screws on the carb boots (the manual refers to them as the "insulators") and cannot see any but the left-most screw. I see #2's if I really get the flashlight in there but see no way to access it. Any tips or hints as to how I can find these bad boys?
I pulled off the fuel filter and emptied it into a gas can. I wanted to tap it on the table-top to see if any debris would come out, and was surprised to see it producing rust...
Wads of rust. More, and more, and MORE - it was like that weird hard zit you get that you just touch and it shoots pus, then 10x as much crap comes flying out of it than you ever imagined could fit in there.
The pile of rusty dirt was close to a tablespoon! No wonder why I was running lean!
Bike is 18 years old, so I figure it needs a little help. I looked into the tank and saw what I thought was a bit of the old red stuff. A further look into the tank reveals that it's pretty clean, with perhaps a tot of rust near the seams (where they always rust.
I spent the last 4 hours removing plastics, taking the tank off (I've never done this on a bike, and it was not all that fun), and taking off the very complicated intake system. I am now down to loosening the screws on the carb boots (the manual refers to them as the "insulators") and cannot see any but the left-most screw. I see #2's if I really get the flashlight in there but see no way to access it. Any tips or hints as to how I can find these bad boys?
I pulled off the fuel filter and emptied it into a gas can. I wanted to tap it on the table-top to see if any debris would come out, and was surprised to see it producing rust...
Wads of rust. More, and more, and MORE - it was like that weird hard zit you get that you just touch and it shoots pus, then 10x as much crap comes flying out of it than you ever imagined could fit in there.
The pile of rusty dirt was close to a tablespoon! No wonder why I was running lean!