Fehron

Good man, thank you very much. The switch popped right out. It feels good to start my morning off with a bit of accomplishment, even if it was a small one.

I am removing my front master cylinder on my 81 xs400 to rebuild it. I need to know how the brake light switch is removed. I can't tell by looking and don't want to destroy it by twisting and pulling on it. I guess while i'm at it, does anyone have anyone have any advice on this rebuild beyond how to remove the brake light switch?

It's running! It was the pilot jets. They have those rubber stoppers over them and I had no idea that there was a jet under there until I found a photo on this forum showing arrows pointing to the main and pilot. It runs great from idle to high throttle cruising around the neighborhood on the test run. Thanks for the help. I'm sure I'll be back for more info, now I need to make it road worthy with tires, brakes, blinkers, and headlight among other things.

I will "reluctantly" try cleaning them again. I have had them apart four times and thought I found every jet and orifice. Can anyone point me to a good diagram that would help me see if I'm missing a passage when cleaning it. I have sprayed carb cleaner through every whole I could find and saw the cleaner spray out into the venturi, so I thoug I was doing pretty good until I started trying to give it throttle. Thanks for your input.

I need help with my 1981 special 400. This bike has sat for years until my dad got it running last summer. He said it ran great except the slide was sticking in one of the carbs. Fast forward a year, I want to start riding again so I brought the bike home and cleaned the carbs and got the slides working real smooth. When I put the carbs on and started it up, it idled great. But, every time I even gently try to give it some throttle it dies. Did I miss something when I cleaned the carbs or could something be out of adjustment? Any advice is appreciated.