Idle screw backed out all the way- bike still runs!

• Idle screw backed out all the way- bike still runs!
  Posted by CrustyOreo on 04 Sep, 2013 13:54
• I was fiddling with one of my '86s trying to get it to idle correctly and I noticed I backed the idle screw all the way out and it was still idling.
  
  Air leak?
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by LT250RWV on 04 Sep, 2013 14:33
• Was it the brass air screw or slide  height  adjustment.
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by Chuckie25 on 04 Sep, 2013 14:42
• How tight is your throttle cable? Could be its adjusted all the way and then some and is causing the slide to not drop all the way
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by CrustyOreo on 04 Sep, 2013 14:45
• Quote from: LT250RWV on 04 Sep, 2013 14:33

  Was it the brass air screw or slide  height  adjustment.
  

  
  Slide screw
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by LT250RWV on 04 Sep, 2013 18:22
• How high is it reving.mine would run if I had it to lean.
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• #5 Reply
  Posted by CrustyOreo on 07 Sep, 2013 11:29
• Hard to say. Definitely above idle though
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by LT250RWV on 07 Sep, 2013 13:34
• Try a fatter pilot or drop the clip on the needle to make it richer. If you have slide block height right and cant back down the idle with air screw your going to have to change the jetting or do a leak down test. Go to tech section and read Carl Bartletts  jetting post if you do what he says you will get your jetting right.
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by CrustyOreo on 07 Sep, 2013 14:16
• How may turns in should the stock slide height be?
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• #8 Reply
  Posted by LT250RWV on 08 Sep, 2013 08:35
• 1/16 of a inch. Then you do everything with the pilot and air screw. Between 1 and 2 turns out on the air screw. I run 2 when its hot out and turn it in when it get cooler.
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