2 dry carbs

[Guest]

just installed my rebuilt carbs, and started it for the first time (83 gs 1100)it runs barely. ive determined that carbs 3 &4 arent getting any gas, yes i have it on prime. 1 & 2 are heating up indicating that they r working. pulled the drain plugs off of 3 & 4 and they r dry. any suggestions before i pull the carbs agin?

[Dave8338]

Take a deep breath and blow in the gas tank...hard and long.

If the needles are slightly wedged, they may be keeping the fuel from flowing into those carbs.

[Adler]

Tap the carbs with the back of a screwdriver.

[MisterCinders]

Check the carb bodies to make sure they are in the right order.

[snicrep5]

and just to be sure, the inlet for the carbs is the middle tee connection, and the 2 outer ones are the vents?

[snicrep5]

and the winner is.....

mistercinders.. i had swapped out carb #3 with one from another set i had. the fuel tee was hard to get in the hole. turns out it was a carb from one of the ends and it had a dead-end hole. Drilled out the larger hole to 3/8" which was nearly perfect, and carefully drilled the passage all the way through with a smaller bit. Fuel tee fits in nice now.
that was the first time i started the bike and what encouraging is that it didnt run too bad on only 2 cyl. should be great on 4!
when it was running at idle it had the symptoms of a loose clutch (gravelly sound) but im hoping it was just 2 dead cylinders not doing their share of the work. Cant wait til I install them. thanks everybody