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I need to get a 4mm helicoil kit now ....
Carbs are like life, you can't get enough head
Thought i'd drop this simple little Carb Float explanation here for prosperity, although it's light on actual technical explanation: https://www.fix.com/blog/motorcycle-carburetor-float-height-adjustment/.I've had another thought regarding my richness. At the moment I have the Fuel tank sat off to one side on top of my garage shelf's, (ie >1m higher than the bike itself), running a temp long fuel hose down to the carbs so I can work on it with the tank off. Would the additional head from this setup cause me issues?All being well I should get a chance to pull the carbs and reBench Sync / Float Check tonight
With a bench sync it is easy to get the slides so they dont closefirst back off the idle screw till it falls out, then un adjust the carb slide adjusters so all slides hit the bottom pick one(on the 550 k3 its easy as one has no adjuster) and adjust the slide adjuster till it nearly moves, refit the idle screw and adjust it till the one you picked lets your prefered drill bit fit, 3mm is too big you need 1.5 if poss, then adjust all the others to the same. Finally undo the idle screw again and make sure all slides hit the bottom.Run engine till hot ad ajust with gaudes AFTER you haveset tappets, cam chain and ignition timing
"Snigger, Snigger"Sorry couldn't help myself. I'll write out "I shouldn't snigger in class" 50 times as a punishment.
If the tickover screw when screwed all the way in still has a gap to the lever it adjustes you definately have the slides not right