Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

well i found out that the threads on the carb come out when you use them alot so i finally got sick of having to keep tightening them when they came loose so i glued the seam where the carb goes into the cylinder and lost some power. I was just wondering if losing some of the air flow thru the engine made me lose power and if it is that could i drill a small hole to add more air?

so you glued the carb and intake to the engine because your to cheap to buy some blue loctite? well i bet what happened was glue got in you engine and * it up big time. * were you thinking when you glued your engine together? and drilling a hole in anything will only worsen your problems

Hi,
I recently bought a used scooter with a stripped out carb thread too.
I needed a really quick fix just to see what else needed work. Got a
long deck screw, slipped a piece of wood behind the carb tab and
tighted it up. That temporarally fixed the lean problem.

In the case of your glue, could it be that the glue joint developed an air leak? If flexy glue is used w/o a screw it might have torn, if brittle glue is used, it might have cracked at the glue line.

u gatta be sh*tin' me.....

what ever happened to just tappin out the carb and making a Different size thread and bolt???

chevyguyjay wrote:what ever happened to just tappin out the carb and making a Different size thread and bolt???

yes seiously use bolts and nuts like honda intended you to not even Jeff Foxworthy would glue a carb on

lol

Thanks guys, you are completely correct. I don't intend to leave the deck screw/wood 'nut' in place, but was soooo itching to see how the scooter ran, and had already gone through several problems to just to get it running. Ever get that I'm going to find everything that needs fixing determination? <old>.

BWA HAHA deck screws and wood.

That's definately up there in my "farmer fixit" book. Better to try that and figure out if it'll run then dumping money into a busted scoot.