CARB and intake help PLEASE!

zapwalker · Post by **zapwalker** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:30 pm

i just ground down the intake and all that goodness washed it out air dried it for about an hour and put everything back together and now the thing will barely start up and stay running. adjusting the idle doesnt work everything was put back correctly... can anyone help?

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:34 pm

did the reeds have any gaps at all?

did you use new gaskets/were the old gaskets still good?
did you do the spacer on the carb right?

was there any, and i mean ANY water still on anything ?

zapwalker · Post by **zapwalker** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:00 pm

no water everything was good
but there is a little gap where the reeds are

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:36 pm

reed gap=new reed time.

zapwalker · Post by **zapwalker** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:41 pm

how can i fix that???
i need bigger reeds

zapwalker · Post by **zapwalker** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:41 pm

how can i fix that???
i need bigger reeds

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:46 pm

If you want bigger reeds you use a SB50 intake and reeds, of course then you have to use a blown petcock with a plugged vacuum port because there is no where for the vac line on the SB intake.

zapwalker · Post by **zapwalker** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:52 pm

Kenny_McCormic wrote:If you want bigger reeds you use a SB50 intake and reeds, of course then you have to use a blown petcock with a plugged vacuum port because there is no where for the vac line on the SB intake.

i have no idea what a blown petcock is. and where i can get one of those?!?!

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:09 pm

why do you think you need bigger reeds?

just head to honda and get some replacement ones. you dont need bigger ones.

TreeSquid · Post by **TreeSquid** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:48 am

I had just done the exact same thing (dremeled the intake and then couldn't get the bike to run) when I read this. Turns out I did still have some water in it after rinsing the shavings out, I wasn't too careful about drying it. I was able to start it on starter fluid a couple of times and then after that, with no starter fluid, I just kept kicking it over and it slowly started running for a little longer each time. It took a BUNCH of kicks, but now it's fine.

I can't really notice much difference in power, but top speed increased by a whopping 1mph, to 31mph, probably because I haven't drilled out the exhaust yet so it's still choking there.

Post by **noiseguy** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:29 pm

Slight reed gap is OK.

Why would adjusting the idle screw make it run?

My bet is that you put the thermal decoupler in backwards and now have a vacuum leak, or you didn't reconnect the air filter. Check that and post back.

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CARB and intake help PLEASE!

CARB and intake help PLEASE!

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