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Re: Bike won't start after carb cleaning. Nameless 1 04-09-2008
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Posted by Ian Singer on April 20, 2008, 7:02 pm
Mark Olson wrote:
> Ian Singer wrote:
>> Mark Olson wrote:
>
>>> What? I was 100% correct, did you not see the scan from my
>>> manual that I posted? You are the one who got it wrong.
>
>> No didnt see any scan. Attachments probbaly got lost.
>
> Go back and read my post- there was a hyperlink to a JPG file
> on my web server. I don't post binary attachments to text-only
> newsgroups.
>
> Here it is again in case you can't look back for some reason:
>
> http://www.visi.com/~olsonm/sv650s_float_height2.jpg

OK thats totally different to picture in my GS650G manual which does
show it inverted and not slanted.

Ian Singer


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Posted by P.J.Berg on April 20, 2008, 7:37 pm
wrote:

> Mark Olson wrote:
>> What? I was 100% correct, did you not see the scan from my
>> manual that I posted? You are the one who got it wrong.
>
> No didnt see any scan. Attachments probbaly got lost.
>
>>
>>> float arm is not supposed to be pressing against the needle valve due
>>> to its weight. Last time I took a carb apart it would have taken a a
>>> pin punch to move the pin and there was no way it would fall out. I
>>> tried punching it out and broke the carb.
>> Yes, exactly as I said before, you don't want to turn the carb
>> completely over and have the full weight of the float pressing
>> the needle closed.
>>
>
> You do want to turn the carb over but you do not want it to depress the
> spring.
>
> Ian Singer

Yes, exactly!

J.
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