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Thread: What the heck! Died on me....

  1. 07-06-2008, 07:01 PM #1
    usmcgunnerm4
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    What the heck! Died on me....

    Hi all,

    I'm pretty sure I need to pop open the carb and clean it out really well, maybe reseat the idle jet but......

    I had a great time on the trike, rode it through the mud, over some pretty nice obstacles, through some great trails, and rode for over 4 hours at a time, 2 days in a row. ON THE WAY BACK.....

    I'm riding along a dirt road, cruising about 45, and the trike just all of a sudden loses power.....starts slowing down.... giving it throttle just keeps it from slowing down faster......I pull off the side of the road, try to start it and....nothing. AGAIN!!! So, I pull off the tank, check the air flow, fuel flow, spark, and throttle. All are working and in order. So....it has to be a carb problem....and it is very similar to what happened before. I imagine that I will pop the bowl off of the carb and find the idle jet out of the hole. So...... I need a permanent fix to that jet coming out of there. Any ideas?
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  2. 07-06-2008, 07:02 PM #2
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    sure you didnt just run outta gas?
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  3. 07-06-2008, 07:45 PM #3
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    Hehe. Yeah, I'm sure. That was the first thing I checked.
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  4. 07-06-2008, 07:49 PM #4
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    Are you running an inline fuel filter? thats one of the biggest problems with these older ATCs. Tank and petcock gunk clog up things at the worse time.....
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  5. 07-06-2008, 08:13 PM #5
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    perhaps your air filter is a tad dirty
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  6. 07-06-2008, 08:50 PM #6
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    I bet you sucked something into the carb, plugging up a jet. Clean the carb again, make sure the air filter is clean and there is no junk in the tank. Do you run a inline fuel filter?
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  7. 07-06-2008, 11:24 PM #7
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    No inline filter. I am going to install one this weekend. Air filter is clean and new.
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  8. 07-06-2008, 11:31 PM #8
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    if it is the idle screw again, put a VERY small amount of loctite on it.

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