Re: Life gets in the way of riding

Posted by rich on
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So maybe it was just a stuck float after all. After evicting the bike from my garage and sending it to purgatory (an old shed) for a week I got it out this morning with all intentions of pulling the carbs. I turned the fuel on expecting an unrestrained flow from the left bank and... nothing! Dry as a bone. No leak. I went ahead and rode it for about 5 miles to get it warm and it was still dry. I parked it for about an hour with the fuel on while I adjusted the chain and replaced the air filter and it remained free from fuel overflow.

I just rode it another 25 miles and it hasn't leaked again.

I didn't suspect a stuck float because the fuel appeared to be coming from upper part of carb #2, not from the overflow.

I don't know what to make of it. I don't trust it but I don't want to tear apart the carbs and replace all the fuel tube O-rings if that isn't the problem. It's hard to tell were it was leaking from since it's not leaking any more.

rich wrote

You got that right Piute. I finally decided just to just go for a quick ride to town and damn if my carbs aren't just spewing  gas everywhere!!!!!

Looks like it's just the number 1 and 2. It's not the floats (not coming out of the overflow tube) but it looks like maybe the float bowl gaskets or maybe just #2 (isn't that the one with the accelerator pump on it? Could be that too). Anyway, got to pull them off and wait for parts again so it's another week of not riding.

Well I'm glad I discovered this at home in the garage and not a 100 miles away on Sunday afternoon in the middle of Kansas.  

Piute n Judose wrote

When your on this thing in the middle of the day usually it's family or something wrong with bike,Or it scattered all over your shop...Piute...