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Message started by KenGLong on 09/22/06 at 12:55:25

Title: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by KenGLong on 09/22/06 at 12:55:25

I don't know how it happened, but my idle mixture screw unscrewed itself about 5 turns out over the last few months. The bike was running super rich and would stall at idle. Just before stalling, it would puff out thick black smoke from the exhaust. I was thinking carb overhaul but tried the idle mixture screw first and it was about 4 or 5 full turns too far out.

I set it to 2 1/2 turns out total and all is fine again.

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by Ed_L. on 09/22/06 at 13:25:04

Sounds like gremlin activity to me. ;D

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by vroom1776 on 09/22/06 at 14:01:14

cheack and repalce the retaining spring.

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by Kropatchek on 09/23/06 at 03:35:28

Ed_L. wrote:

Sounds like gremlin activity to me. ;D

He probably doesn't have a Gremlin Bell

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by ero4444 on 10/08/08 at 17:57:41

I'm the third owner of my bike and now I know what that bell is for! Good think I didn't take it off.

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/09/08 at 09:12:44

If the spring is too puny to hold it, maybe one from a ball point pen would fit in there?

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by bill67 on 10/09/08 at 09:26:43

Justin,you must be old I called it a ball point pen to my kids one time and they didn't know what I was talking about,in this modern age its just pen

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by mikestrikes on 10/09/08 at 17:25:01

I place a dab of silicon sealer on top of the screw head after its set.
Easy to mess with if needed but keeps the adjustment screw in place.

Title: Re: Idle mixture screw moved!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/09/08 at 20:43:10

444F4A4A1011260 wrote:

Justin,you must be old I called it a ball point pen to my kids one time and they didn't know what I was talking about,in this modern age its just pen

Yep, old enough to get
"He's OLD looks from kids",,But not as old as some the riders here. Im 53..