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sticking slide

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I have a 86 aero and the slide keeps sticking in the carb. I will take it out clean it with a little carb cleaner and it works good for about a hour and the slide starts to stick in the carb again.

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I say the carb is still dirty/gummy. Clean the whole carb. Might want to switch 2stroke oil. I have had amazing results with Amsoil keeping everything cleaner than cheap oil.
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electrictech wrote:I have a 86 aero and the slide keeps sticking in the carb. I will take it out clean it with a little carb cleaner and it works good for about a hour and the slide starts to stick in the carb again.

Any ideas?

Marc
Well, it also might be that the throttle cable is gummed up, you might remove the throttle cable from the carb and the hand throttle and see how easy the cable is moving inside cable housing.

Last winter I had a big issue with the throttle stick at WOT(wide open throttle) after cruzing for a few minutes. This turned out to be condensation freezing in throttle cable area. I ended up just replacing it, and never had an issue since. I know this is probably not your issue but I figured I would mention my throttle issue any way.
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Re: sticking slide

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checked the cable it is free. i am running the better oil from Honda, $10 a quart. I had the whole carb off and disassembled, soak it in carb cleaner overnight a week ago.
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Possibly the pin that aligns the slide in the bore is dragging.
Just a thought. Spring maybe lost some of it's tension...could be stretched slightly to increase down force. Your oil choice is good. I'm puzzled too.
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