Hello Wing Gurus,
Last year my 89 Wing was running well but was leaking gas from the carb. It was the seals around the bottom cover. So I thought, now's the time to rebuild. So I did.
I reset the idle screws or so I thought to the setting where it was before I did the rebuild. Turns out at least 1 was not right and since one had no O ring on it I put it back to as it was.
However the engine ran but with a lot of heavy knocking. So I thought it was an air leak. I tried the toothpick fix which sort of helped but not really. So over the winter it sat. Now I'm trying to bring it back to life.
I dropped the covers off and filed off the idle jet limiters that only let you go 7/8 of a turn from the covers. I also put the O ring and washers back on the idle adjust screws. Question 1: Will those screws fall out or slip?
I searched the web for any rebuild advice to see if I missed anything. I saw that some carbs have a bridge cover over some of the jets or tubes in the fuel reservoir in one of the videos.
My question #2 is: does this carb look right for an 89? It had no bridge piece in side.
Thank you in advance for any insights you send my way.
89 GL1500 carb questions
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Re: 89 GL1500 carb questions
Those are known as limiter caps installed by the manufacturer with some EPA mandates which deterred unauthorized setting. The mixture screws should have a spring along with washer and O ring which keeps them tensioned so they do not move or fall out by themselves.
The jet cap came on later year models so those look right.VTBikeman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:04 pmI searched the web for any rebuild advice to see if I missed anything. I saw that some carbs have a bridge cover over some of the jets or tubes in the fuel reservoir in one of the videos. My question #2 is: does this carb look right for an 89? It had no bridge piece in side.
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