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Bad Goldwing Dad & his carb problems
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<blockquote data-quote="centurion94" data-source="post: 100607" data-attributes="member: 3264"><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Going through that much gas, it has to be flodding.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Float levels too high, float needles leaking.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Possibly vacuum slides sticking up.</span></p><p></p><p>Somehow I knew those carbs were coming back off, again.... I set the float heights within microns of each other - 15.5 mm from the bottom of the float to the bottom of the carburetor body, right? The horizontal line on the side of the floats is now parallel to the edge of the carb body. Although it used to run fine when the floats were at about 22-26mm or so, I don't remember which, and they were all even, too... and this never happened before. The bummer is that for the first 12-15 miles or so, everything was great!</p><p></p><p>Brand new float needles and seats. Checked the vaccum slides a dozen times while they were off - pushed them sown and the spring would slowly but immediately begin pushing them up to a uniform height.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible that these floats (again - 1982 GL1100 Interstate with 29,000 miles) <em>should have been</em> set to wherever they were?</p><p></p><p>Is it Halloween yet?</p><p></p><p>don</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="centurion94, post: 100607, member: 3264"] [color=#0000FF]Going through that much gas, it has to be flodding. Float levels too high, float needles leaking. Possibly vacuum slides sticking up.[/color] Somehow I knew those carbs were coming back off, again.... I set the float heights within microns of each other - 15.5 mm from the bottom of the float to the bottom of the carburetor body, right? The horizontal line on the side of the floats is now parallel to the edge of the carb body. Although it used to run fine when the floats were at about 22-26mm or so, I don't remember which, and they were all even, too... and this never happened before. The bummer is that for the first 12-15 miles or so, everything was great! Brand new float needles and seats. Checked the vaccum slides a dozen times while they were off - pushed them sown and the spring would slowly but immediately begin pushing them up to a uniform height. Is it possible that these floats (again - 1982 GL1100 Interstate with 29,000 miles) [i]should have been[/i] set to wherever they were? Is it Halloween yet? don [/QUOTE]
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