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idle mixture screw plug
11/29/06 at 09:09:50

Here's a really dumb noob question. How the heck do you drill through the idle mixture screw plug. I have a crappy cordless drill and i've been drilling for 15 minutes without much progress. do i need a better drill or drill bit? How hard should i push, because i definately dont want to drill into the screw. Sorry for starting a new topic on something this mundane.

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SavageDude Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Posts: 561 OC_California Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #1 - 11/29/06 at 09:25:50 I think you need a new drill bit Dude! It took me less than 1 minute to make the tiny hole big enough to screw in a metal screw so that I can pull the plug out with the locking plier. Dont go in too deep, just enough until there is no resistant on drill bit. Good luck in wrenching
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #2 - 11/29/06 at 09:36:50 Make sure your drilling on the correct thing! - folks have been known to drill on wrong part - check the picture in the tech section
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Hashbrown Full Member Offline What can brown do for you! Posts: 235 Nashua, NH Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #3 - 11/29/06 at 09:41:42 i believe its the right area. it has a brass looking cap over the hole. So when i drill the hole, do i screw in a screw and yank the whole thing out? Could i also get a large drill bit and drill the whole thing enought to get a screwdriver in there? anyone have any extra carbs just in case
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SeeAPierce Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 282 California Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #4 - 11/29/06 at 09:54:29 You won't need a new carb Even if you hit the soft brass screw and flatten out the ridges, you can buy a replacement screw and be back in buisiness (ask me how I know... ). Best bet though...use tiny bit, just enough pressure to break through the plug then use a screw or find some way to pry out that plug...
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #5 - 11/29/06 at 09:55:20 drilling the plug that covers this right? http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/PilotAdjustScrew.jpg
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #6 - 11/29/06 at 09:58:22 not trying to be anything but careful - one fellow was drilling on the shaft right below that and it is a hard piece of metal
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justin_o_guy Ex Member	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #7 - 11/29/06 at 10:15:17 The plug is a brass color & most likely IS brass, it is cup shaped & I guess about 1/16th thick. There was a tiny hole in mine, I guess a vent. stick a piece of tape on the drill bit about 1/8th from the tip & you won't hurt the screw unless you are just pushing too hard when it breaks through.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #8 - 11/29/06 at 10:19:06 good idea - a backstop
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Reply #9 - 11/29/06 at 10:36:26

great tip! simple and effective...and something I wish I knew before I did mine!

justin_o_guy wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

The plug is a brass color & most likely IS brass, it is cup shaped & I guess about 1/16th thick. There was a tiny hole in mine, I guess a vent. stick a piece of tape on the drill bit about 1/8th from the tip & you won't hurt the screw unless you are just pushing too hard when it breaks through.

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Hashbrown Full Member Offline What can brown do for you! Posts: 235 Nashua, NH Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #10 - 11/29/06 at 10:42:09 Thanks alot guys, ill try that when i go home. If i screw it up it'll give me an excuse to get the Amal
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Re: idle mixture screw plug
Reply #11 - 11/29/06 at 10:47:44

Hashbrown wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

Thanks alot guys, ill try that when i go home. If i screw it up it'll give me an excuse to get the Amal Grin

I do love the simplicity of the Amal. No diaphragms and such. Cable pulls slide and away we go. I wish the enrichener had two positions like the Mikuni but it's not a problem. One of these days I'll convert that to cable-actuated too and put a switch on the handlebar. Until then, I know where it is by feel.

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Hashbrown Full Member Offline What can brown do for you! Posts: 235 Nashua, NH Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #12 - 11/29/06 at 10:50:17 Wow Rob, maybe i dont deserve the Amal. That statement just made me go dee...dee...dee
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #13 - 11/29/06 at 10:52:38 Hashbrown wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11: That statement just made me go dee...dee...dee ???
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: idle mixture screw plug Reply #14 - 11/29/06 at 10:54:54 "choke" knob has two level - it's not really a choke but a ............
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