The bottom 1/8 is controlled by the idle screws. The mains affect everything else. Put the old mains back and work on the idle circuits and pilot circuits.
Al Hatten
'93 Virago XV-1100
VOC #7745
Napa,CA - Wine Country
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:50:17 -0400, Dave Cramer wrote:
> I recently cleaned and re-jetted my carbs using a jet kit
> from factory pro.
>
> I reset the float level to 21mm from the gasket surface
> to the top of the float, one was considerably higher, by
> about 3 or 4 mm.
>
> The kit comes with slightly larger pilot jets, and they
> are an "emulsion" type, ie they have air holes in the
> side.
>
> Now the pilot jet doesn't seem to do much unless I close
> it completely? Plus the bottom 1/8 of the throttle is
> dead, so I increased the size of the mains to compensate,
> and that fixes the 1/8 throttle problem but overall it is
> running richer than I would like, and the pilot screws
> still don't effect it much.
>
> Any suggestions? At this point I may tear it down again
> and replace their pilot jets with the factory ones.
>
> Dave
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