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Title: Idle adjust screw
Post by: paui on May 11, 2005, 08:03:43 PM
from closed position, how many turns out?
i played around with it last time with a set of carbs off ebay and i couldnt get a steady idle so i kept on twisting it and lost track.
it has now been around 3 weeks since i last had a chance to touch my gs so i really have no idea.

also...does anyone know where i can get float bowl gaskets and a float needle/seat? mine is leaking on to the engine and i dont like that one bit
Title: Re: Idle adjust screw
Post by: Kerry on May 11, 2005, 08:42:39 PM
Quote from: pauidoes anyone know where i can get float bowl gaskets and a float needle/seat?
$12 per kit from PartsNMore.  (They will fit '89-'00, not just '89-'93 as listed.)

It's been a while since I've ordered from them.  Let us know if these kits are currently in stock.

$30 minimum order (but free shipping, I think) so toss in a bungee net or something.
Title: Idle adjust screw
Post by: weaselnoze on May 11, 2005, 08:48:28 PM
i've had 3 bungies now.  they all stretch out.  grr pisses me off.
Title: Re: Idle adjust screw
Post by: scratch on May 12, 2005, 07:58:42 AM
Quote from: pauifrom closed position, how many turns out?
i played around with it last time with a set of carbs off ebay and i couldnt get a steady idle so i kept on twisting it and lost track.
it has now been around 3 weeks since i last had a chance to touch my gs so i really have no idea.

You mean the mix screws? 3 turns out.
Title: Idle adjust screw
Post by: sputnik on August 13, 2005, 08:07:17 PM
The idle adjust screw screws in and the tip pushes up on the throttle cable linkage thing. If you take the gas tank off or even just lift it up a bit you can see the other end of that screw, to reset it I would screw it out all the way, then back up until the tip is just lifting the throttle. Make the final adjustments with the engine warmed up (choke off), an idle of between 1200 and 1300 rpms

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Title: Idle adjust screw
Post by: Hugh Jardon on August 14, 2005, 03:55:30 AM
Quote from: sputnikThe idle adjust screw screws in and the tip pushes up on the throttle cable linkage thing. If you take the gas tank off or even just lift it up a bit you can see the other end of that screw, to reset it I would screw it out all the way, then back up until the tip is just lifting the throttle. Make the final adjustments with the engine warmed up (choke off), an idle of between 1200 and 1300 rpms

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Gee, sputnik, I don't think Kerry, starwalt, dgyver, pantablo, srinath, or any of the other resident gearheads could have described that procedure any better; well done. :cheers: