vm carb bench testing

[elevatorman71]

looking for tips on vm carb bench testing. rebuilding mine and want it pretty close without putting a set of sticks on it. but i do plan on doing that asap.

[chuck hahn]

back off the big idle knob so it isnt touching the throttle linkage. Take off the tops and loosen the jam nut on top of the slides. Turn the screw till all the slides are all completely closed..looking from the engine side of the crabs.. then turn them just till theres a hairline crack at the bottoms of the slides and the carb throat. Make all the gaps the same. Eyeballing will get you real close. Some will place a small wire in like a feeler guage but I just eyeball them..gets them close enough to start and run pretty well.

[TheCafeKid]

VMs are easier to get close without sticks, as they're independently adjusted.
I use a paper clip as a gauge. Adjust the sync adjusters on each until the slide JUST closes on the clip. Straightened paper clip By the way.

[hampshirehog]

I come in from the other side.....the top. Measure down with a vernier caliper to the top of the slide from the top of the carb body, on the 'seam'. I've been trying this on as many bikes as possible as I have yet to find one where a gauge synch is necessary as well (it's that accurate). I'm surprised as I had assumed that the Mikuni castings wouldn't have been that accurate but so far I've been wrong.