Recent content by Denny Scriven

Thank you Tobie, I will check with the sites you showed. Denny

HoughMade, Replacing the seal sounds logical and we are glad it is cheap and easy, but what is the part number and where do you get it ? My bike is also a dripper Denny

Same thing happened to me again when I took it out on the road, by the time I was turning into my driveway it was revving 6 grand. Stripped it down, rebuilt it with new float needle kits, also bought new rubber intake hoses and sawed slots in the lousy phillips screws of the clamps so I could...

Thanks for the advice guys, I plan tomorrow to reassemble the carbs after I double-check there are no problems with all the jets. I then will sync the carbs with my vacuum gauge. Who knows, maybe it will run properly this time.

My bike is an 82 SJ model and I have the runaway problem. Have removed and stripped the carbs 5 or 6 times, replaced the float needles and seats seemingly found no other problems with the other jets or needles. Upon starting the bike idles nicely, but wait ten minutes then the revs increase to...

drewpy from the UK suggested placing the carbs in the vise and ensuring it was level to set the float height using a manometer. Speedog from Ontario, CA also suggested the plastic-float height should be 22.5mm. (It is possible I got these mixed up, if so I apologize) I had set up the floats...

That is good advice as my 82 SJ model is running well only at high RPM's or at idle. I set the floats according to the manual, 32mm and had to bend the tangs to a large angle to do it. It looks like I'll have to the carbs off again and again , and again .......