DT175 1978 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hi. I'm brand new here, I just registered to ask a few questions (and because I'm a proud Yamaha owner) I am working on fixing up a DT175E - just like the one I had 20 years ago. I have a lot to learn about working on bikes. I am worried because yesterday, I was installing a new carberator that I ordered off of ebay - long story short, I had a hard time wrestling the cable onto the throttle valve, and I dropped the throttle valve and needle on the garage floor. Maybe twice. In my inexperience and frustration, feeling a little "over my head", I decided to put it all together and see how it went. I did wipe off the part that was facing down, I didn't see any dirt on what I was assembling, but I also didn't really check carefully for any marks on the throttle valve (the round barrel part) - I decided to just see how it went. So, I guess it went fine. My problem isn't solved (I'll post that in another thread) but the bike runs almost exactly the same, but I'm worried that I screwed up installing the throttle valve kind of willy-nilly. When I dropped it, should I have cleaned it in carberator cleaner? Should I have been wearing rubber gloves and been a lot more "surgical" about the whole procedure? At the time, I was kind of thinking that this wasn't really the important inner workings of the carberator so it didn;t matter that much. What do you think? Am I okay? No harm no foul, or did I do a bad bad thing by dropping the throttle valve and needle and just wiping it off and slapping it back together anyway? Tell me I'm okay so I can sleep tonight... or tell me what I should do to remedy my mistake. Should I just relax? Sorry it's such a long post. Any help is appreciated. -Matt B, (DT175 1978) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted September 20, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2012 you're ok Matt go to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT175 1978 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Thanks for the quick reply. Appreciate it. I'll relax now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted September 20, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2012 We will await the other thread, and perhaps a quick intro as you're new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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