Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

So I took my carb off to clean it and unfortunately stripped it. Now it's loose and will not seal properly. And my spree will not start. This could be a cause for it not starting right?? I want to go the route of attaching two nuts to the backside. I just need to know what size bolts to buy. And what size nuts. Thanks again.

Yes that will cause it not to start use ure stock bolt and m6 nut

Ok thank you. But the stock bolts will not reach. I have to go to the hardware store and buy some. I just don't know the specs. How thick are they?

just take the stock bolts with you and get ones that a a little bit longer to compensate and matching nuts. If that doesnt work you can use a tap and die and go one size bigger on the holes

I tried going to a 7mm bolt on one of my Sprees. One problem is that the hex head on the bolt is too big to get a socket on. That's on the inside bolt.

otto-man wrote:I tried going to a 7mm bolt on one of my Sprees. One problem is that the hex head on the bolt is too big to get a socket on. That's on the inside bolt.

get a 1/4" bolt

Greetings:

The easiest and cheapest fix is to buy a 1/4" tap and a 9/32" drill. Retap the Al carb flange - no drilling needed. Then enlarge the holes in the manifold and brown plastic insulator to fit a 1.5 and 2" x 1/4" trimmed to prevent punching a hole in the carb bowl. The bigger threads will make stripping them harder, but go easy on the Wheaties when snugging them up Hoss.

So that problem is fixed. Good compression it has a good spark and I just cleaned the carburetor. Still will not start. The carb is getting gas I'm all out of ideas. What can it be?

whats good compression did u test it with a compression tester?

It has about 115.

do you have the stock air box in place?

Yeah it is in place and it has a filter. Ive cleaned the carb about 8 times