Setting Carb Floats

Here's how you do it, its simple but may seem confusing the first time.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Carb Floats
• Setting Floats
• Adjusting Tang

[traper0212]

if my bike wont idle what way do you agust it

[KawaTriple250]

@traper0212 take the carbs apart and soak them in "berryman's carb cleaner" Make sure everything is set how it should be and put it on the bike. If that doesn't fix it there's other things that could cause a bike not to idle. Bad compression, timing, weak spark just to name a few.

[clokedbigman]

mine is letting to much fuel in and its flooding the engine what do i do for that( and BTW if it helps my carb is for a pocket bike)

[KawaTriple250]

@clokedbigman Take off the bowl and see if when the float is pressed up in the closed position if the fuel flow is stopping. If that's not the problem you can verifiy the amount of fuel in the bowl. With the carb off the bike and upright fill it up with gas through the fuel line. then take the bowl off and the fuel level is generally just a tad under the o-ring used to seal it from the carb. If you take the bowl off and gas runs out then you know there's too much gas in the bowl.

[dudzi223]

mmm good video i have been having trouble with my bike running very lean... i have changed the jets played with the air screw idle screw. used good quality oil i have adjusted the valve clearence and nothing has fixed it. ill try the float valve in the morning hopefully this will help thanks

[KawaTriple250]

hah, you have whirley bits in your engine. ;)

Course then i don't only have 2 strokes anymore. Now i also have a Honda CX500 that i'm in love with. That thing is a trooper. But good quality oil does help things quite a bit.

You could also switch to a higher octane gas. May also change things.

[sheltiemanva]

The camera work is  terrible

[RealBikeData]

I'm sure that some time in the past you've beaten the snot outta your brother for less than this, so go find him and slap him silly. The justice will lie in the fact that he won't have any idea what he did wrong since this was 2 years ago.

[beee1985]

does the camera man have parkinsons?

[tuned8e]

Man... can you redo this video without helen keller holding the camera please?

[EddieHaskelll]

Camera operator, please have a beer or wait until you get over the DT's.

[JuJuManProduckle]

Dude who the hell Filmed this video, Stevie Wonder?

Good tutorial though Thanks.

[gst69man]

for the love of god, do another vid with a steady camara. I am dizzy. LOL

Ferd

[deano1234589]

what do you do when ur carb is farting away ?

[foreignpress1]

The problem isn't so much the camera. The hands are moving all over the place. Keep the hands still and move the camera back using the zoom lens in and out. Better yet, put the pieces on a flat contrasty surface and rotate them there as needed. I couldn't watch this either.

[da33ie]

cool, thanks dude... im in process of cleaning mine now, so will use my callipers with your advice! your vid shows the process clearly, and makes it easy for me to follow! Thanks.