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MasonHart

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  • Birthday 02/18/1994

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    78 xs500

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    Arizona, USA

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  1. How to set float height This seems to be the best guide i have found. Is this the way you were referring to?
  2. I have already had the carbs apart and the floats weren't punctured and the needle wasn't sticking or anything so i am guessing it is the float height. To set it do i set the carbs upside down or what? I found the proper height just need to know if i set them with the carb sitting upside down or sitting the way it would on the bike
  3. Alright, that narrows down the problem a bit. Now, i need to research the correct float height and how to set it lol
  4. could this make the bike not start?
  5. I took apart, cleaned and reassembled my carbs today to see if i could get it running again, was just running fine about a week or so ago. Before and after i cleaned them when i would try to start it after a while fuel would come out of the inlet where the air cleaners would hook up, whats the cause this?
  6. Will the stock Mikuni VM34 carbs be alright for my xs500. I need new carbs and these are what i have found. I have mikuni's on my bike now and i am pretty sure they are 34mm.
  7. The first image are the screws i was talking about above the float bowl and the second image is of the pilot air jet IIRC. On the first image the red arrows point to the screws and the blue ones are for some holes that are there, can i spray carb cleaner in there and be safe?
  8. I'll go take a few pictures. The idle speed and mixture screws are outside the carb. The things i am referring to are inside
  9. On my xs' mikuni carbs when i took off the float bowl there are two needles above it, if i take those out to clean everything would i just screw them back in till they stop or is there a certain adjustment for them? Also, are there other in the carb that i should clean too. Thanks in advance
  10. yea i took the carbs off and checked the float bowl. It is dirty and stuff so i will need to clean it. But i need diagrams to know what is going on in there
  11. Does anyone have or know where i can get diagrams for the mikuni carbs on my xs500? I am cleaning them but i really need diagrams so i know where to clean and how i would set the needs and jets and all that after it was cleaned. I need as much help as possible lol. Thanks in advance
  12. Well its not the filter because i took it out and cleaned it and the problem is still there. The other side is fine with the same exact filter in the same place, except that line is direct to the carb, on the right side it has to go uphill to get to the carb. And the PO said that he did something to the petcocks so i should leave them on prime all the time. So it is acting as a manual petcock now correct? Since prime just lets fuel flow without vacuum. I am guessing that it needs that vacuum to get pushed uphill right?
  13. Well i would test that BUT, it wont start no. I think it is flooding because the PO did something with the petcocks and just told me to keep it on prime all the time. But when i was emptying the tank i was getting flow in all positions. But then it would just be acting as a manual petcock. So it should should still give gas to the carb, right? One would think so., But it doesnt have enough force to get it to the carb. The gas stops flowing before the carb.
  14. It isn't starting now that i found this problem. I can hit the start button and it starts cranking but it wont start. Yesterday it was starting only if i hit the start button and held the throttle open some. Then it would run but not great. Only on the left cylinder i am sure. And it wouldn't idle all the time, if i let go of the throttle it would slowly decrease in rpm's then die. If it did idle it was vibrated a lot and if i hit the throttle it would very slowly decrease in rpm's back down to idle.
  15. See thats what i thought too but you can see through the filter and the bronze stone is clean. I will clean it out but it doesn't like it needs it.
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