'87 GS450 plastic needle space different?

[Guest]

I'm about to put together a set of carbs from an '87 GS450L that I dipped and painted this weekend and while I was checking the hardware lengths I noticed that the fiche for the 450L (going back to '82 I think) show the plastic spacer UNDER the needle clip, not on top of it like most other GS carbs I've seen. When I took these apart they were on top so I'm not really sure which way to go.

I guess I'll put them in as per the diagram and see how it goes but any confirmation of one or the other would be appreciated.

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[Nessism]

Plastic spacer under the needle clip does nothing since the spring pushes up. The spacer goes on top. As an aside, take those spacers and sand them down - remove about .75 mm or so. This will make the bike run much better.

[Macmatic]

Plastic spacer under the needle clip does nothing since the spring pushes up. The spacer goes on top. As an aside, take those spacers and sand them down - remove about .75 mm or so. This will make the bike run much better.

I wonder why they changed the diagram for the 450 and put them under the clip for 82-87 or so? Wouldn't having them under the spacer be the same as using a super thin (or none at all) spacer on top of the clip? I'm going to pick up some M3 washers tomorrow and resize a stack of them as you've suggested if they need it.


See parts 39 & 40

http://www.alpha-sports.com/spst/1987%20GS450L/06.htm

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[Nessism]

Not sure what's going on with that diagram but that spacer goes on top of the clip. The spacer on the bottom does nothing so I can't imagine Mikuni/Suzuki doing that.