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why where you playin with the throttel cable and carb in the first place?? was there something wrong? like was it ridin along and then it just started goin full out or somethin? also one more thing i thought of, on the carb slide assy there is the big needle on the bottem, make sure the retaing clip is holding it in so the needl dosnt push up when you put it in,,,,
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The reason I was playing with it because I was trying to see if any gook or junk was in it I sprayed Carb cleaner in there and I should of never fooled with it. When I put that piece back together and tried to start it back up again that's when it started raceing really high and then I grabbed the throtel and notice the engine wouldnt reave when I gave it gas. I guess that was stupid of me. So when I place the needle in it should not move up while iam putting it in correct???
Last edited by heyrod; 12-01-2004 at 01:49 PM.
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yes that is correct the brass needl should not move up when you put the slide in, if it dose, you have to take the throttel cabel out of the slider, you have to compress the spring and pop the cable out and there is a little retaining clip on the inside of the slide assy, it should be retaing the needl, if it isnt just push in there good so it is retaing aginst the walls of the slide on the inside, thus holdin down the needle
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I think I understand what you are saying. Now the needle moves up and down when you hit the thottlle right??? I will try to do this when I get home from work!! I hope I can get this
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yes it moves up and down when you hit the throttel/releas throttel, another thing,,lol when you sprayed the carb cleaN in the carb, is that when it started revin real high? becuse some carb cleaners caus bikes to rev real high, wile other cleaners make it bog out and die, if it did rev up, 1 turn the fuel off, 2 undoo the litte screw on the float bowl of the carb, some gas will start to drain out of a over flow tube on there, let it all drain out, then put the screw back in, turn the fuel back on and try that, reason i say this is there could have been some carb clean in the float bowl still.....
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yes that's when I noticed it once i sprayed the carb cleaner in the carb.
Where would i find the float bowl your talking about
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it would be screw #26 on that diagram i alredy posted, man i wish you would have said that earlier lol, would have saved some time :\ o well just turn the fuel tap off and then un doo that screw, some gas will come out some where, just let it drain, then put the screw back in, i guarentee thats the problem, o well least you learnd some stuff about it now lol
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Float bowl is that thing at the bottom...the float is inside(Tried to keep it simple).
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I will try it when I get home and I'll let you know how I make out
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My trike sucks: No good dude, I tried letting the gas out and gas did flow out but still the same problem.
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i was gonna stay out of this cause i'm not sure what the run psoition is all about, but here's what i think. In that diagram, look at #14. Its the slide for the throttle. It allows air to come into the engine. Did you unscrew the trhottle from the top of the carb? If you did, when you put it back in, there are two notches on oposite sides of the slide which go around 2 small "pegs"(for lack of better words) in the carburator itself. If you dont line the slide up, it won't go down all the way. If you look through the carb, there should only be a small opening (1/4 inch maybe)where air can go through with the throttle closed all the way. Check that out and see if thats the problem.
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Yeah I did check that out and it sits in there really good. The piece just slips right in when the two pegs are correctly.
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hmmmm, thats all i can think of. Can you tell us exactly what the problem was before and exactly what you did to the carb when you sprayed it? did you move anything, remove anything? how high does the engine rev when you put it to run? full throttle or just a high idle?
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On page one in the diagram there is a line that runs to the throttle like #9 I screwed that and made the tention tighter and loser once the problem started. I took off the piece #20 where the needle sits and sprayed carb cleaner in there. The reason why I did this is because the bike would start for a few mintues and then shut off other times i would ride forever. I thought i had some gunk in the carb. Every since then when I place the gas on and turn the switch to start, and then to run the bike is at full throttle and I press the thumb throttle in and it feels like I have no tention in it. I tried everything the needle is sitting in the hole fine cause I took the air box off and I could see it. The choke is not sticking cause that look fine to me too. I have no idea why it's doing this. Iam about to hang myself for trying to fool with LOL
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From your description, it really sounds liike the slide is stuck up bcause that is really the only thing i can think of that would make the throttle have no tension. Make sure the cable isn't kinked or anything that would make the slide stick up. Thats all i can really think of. sorry
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