Not sure on your 500. The factory service manual should say. Usually a leak there is an indication of the countershaft bearing starting to fail...
I am loading up the dual sport for an overnight ride and alcoholics-proud-of-it meeting in the Pawnee grassland. No time for drawing, scanning,...
do I need to draw you a picture? It doesn't matter. trust me.
No it wouldn't squirrel closed is closed and it wouldn't matter the length of the needle. You are bending the tab on the float to account for...
I had a local guy make mine from JPG file on the internet. Told him the colors and length/height. Cost me $45 I believe for a whole bike set.
also, with fuel petcock set to reserve position, I THINK vacuum is not needed for fuel to flow. Am not certain. Might be good for you to check...
Look where the cabs attach to the cylinder heads. I think it's the forward cylinder on the side closest to the petcock. Should be a vacuum...
vacuum line must be connected unless you have disabled the vacuum portion of the petcock. As designed, the cranking engine creates vacuum which...
is the vacuum line from the petcock connected to the intake manifold nipple on one of the cylinder heads? I think you can put the petcock spring...
where the carbs ever vacuum balanced when you had them on last? How about rough balanced on the bench? After the dyno runs, cam change, and...
I wouldn't sweat it either. In a perfect world, I'd change them all to be the same. All things considered, I think you'll be just fine. The...
Don't worry. you'll get a short reprieve from the snow here shortly. Then you'll be into spring flood season and half the roads will be under water.
still not in complete agreement with ya. The dyno tuners shoot for 14.3:1. same thing the FI systems shoot for. when you get as close to...
'86 carbs are smaller by like 2mm I think.
but dyno tuners don't change the ideal air fuel mixture ratio depending on whether you are burning 89 octane premium non-ethanol or 82 octane 10%...
I worked in a few machine shops. now I do a lot of paperwork and driving - or a lot of nothing.
Commrad - Do you have a source for your statement that lower BTU requires a higher fuel to air (richer) mixture? I agree on the BTU in the fuel....
Sounds right (idle drop procedure). re ethanol: again, it has less stored energy but I've never read anywhere that the air fuel mixture ratio is...
further, what's his logic for trying to adjust the air/fuel mixture of the pilot jet and not the main jet? Why would Ethanol fuels only...
there's really no way to know what jet your bike needs without reading the spark plug color or using an exhaust gas analyzer. Spark plug color is...
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