needle

I realize this is stupid easy for any experienced mechanic or rider, but the first time I went to make an adjustment, I'd never done anything with a CV style carb before, and couldn't find any resource here on how to actually do it. So here's a quick write up with some pictures I snagged last...

Maybe this can be part of the sticky..:eusa_dance: Anyway, I wanted to do some calculated comparison between the 49-state needle, 5EZ43 & the California counterpart, 5EZ50. I used my RAM optical comparitor here in the lab to measure the "business end" of the two and I then dialed in all of the...

So I finally located the Radio Shack washers for the carb needle shim The washers I found had really crappy thickness tolerance (yes I know they are not supposed to be precision shims). Every one I found was at least .025 thick. That would give me .050 shim at the minimum. I figure that this...

Hey guys wondering if I can get some advice here on properly selecting the best needle height. I recently swapped out the cobra slip ons that came with the bike when I bought it with Dales complete exhuast. The bike had a dyno jet stage one kit on it with stock filter and dj 170 mains. I...

What is the washer count on the '95 stock jet needle? I am installing the stage 7 kit and am not sure what has been modified on this bike. Mine has the plastic washer w/pin, two washers, clip, wide washer, and then the spring. My service manual does not show the two washers between the plastic...

Hi guys , i live in upstate ny, and i was wondering what you all think is the proper turns out on the air fuel screws for all around riding, i have an 88 completely stock !

so what does this mean? lower or raise my clip I think it would be raising my clip closer to the blunt. should I go a full clip & add a washer so its a half or just a full clip? Im on the 3rd from blunt 175 mains 190 paj & I did the sputter thing with the a/f screws & gave it a little extra on...

Had wet plug, I think I know why. Had air filters off, started bike noticed gas running out of where jet needle seats. What causes that? How do I fix it? Thanks in advance!

With all that I've read on the carbs, I'm still confused about moving the clips on the needles. If I move the clip towards the blunt end of the needle, is that leaning out or enriching the mixture?

any idea where i can find them, i feel 27$ is a little ridiculous !!!

Just found out that some tool has been working on my bike. One membrane was not in its groove an one needle layed in the trottle. Got about 20 horspowers more when I fixed it, but low rpm mixture is way off. Idle-screws are out 5? turns. The needles was set to its lowest possible setting, that...

After syncing carbs to try to correct a stutter at low rpm cruise, no joy. So I pulled the needles to see what groove my clip was in & found this on the spacer. The little tit on the spacer is supposed to go into the small hole in the vacuum piston if i read the manual correctly. Mine were not...

Has anyone else ever had a needle jet(nozzle) come loose?

Attention all Carb Guru's. Can anyone who has done it tell me what the ideal needle, jet and clip settings/combo's are for a stock motor running Supertrapp slip ons :ummm: Mine tends to run rich and especially so over 5k. Don't want to squeeze more power out of it. I just want to get the burn...

If I modify my stock exhaust on my '96 Max ( either drilling the endcaps or a 1 inch hole in center baffle ), I understand this will lean out my motor & kill my low/midrange . Can I simply simply shim the needles ( maybe about 1 mm ) to make this up , or is it much more involved than that ?

I seen a thread in here about this mod but no explination on how to do it. I found this step by step proceedure on how to do it on a thread from vmaxchat forum. thought some of you maybe interested. The following is the thread as posted; This modification is to ease lever pull, increase...