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    flooding

    Patience is wearing thin. Just rebuilt the carbs on my 1980 gs550e (bs32ss) all new o rings, basket dip, yadda yadda yadda. Intake o rings... (Bike ran "ok" before the carb rebuild.) Fired it and ran sweet for about 10 sec then immediatley start flooding after the bowls filled to the point i had gas pooled in the air box. I took the carbs off, bowls off, figuring the float adj was incorrect but it was good, also checked the float valves by pulling them and blowing thru them and pushing them closed ever so slightley. They were all air tight. Then i figured the floats may have encountered a puncture while on my bench...nope . Soo im really at a loss now, i havent a clue.
    Tags: 550e, carbs, floods, fuel
    #2
    Did you remove the bowl gaskets when checking the float hts? Are each sides of each float set the same? Are the valve seat tight and are there gaskets on each one..the gasket counts believe it or not. Did you use a piece of clear tubing to actually view the fuel levels in each carb?? Sure you got the right numbers when you set the float hts..double check your info??? any of the floats look like they are tilted off to the right or left when you look at them..straight up and no lean is how they should be so they dont accidentally drag on the carb cavities.
    Last edited by chuck hahn; 04-11-2012, 09:59 PM.
    MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
    1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

    NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


    I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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      #3
      Fill me in on the tubeing trick, and i checked again and again the proper adjustment. The book says .84-.92

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        #4
        Nothing dragging or leaning

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          #5
          You puy a piece of clear tubing..like fish tank air line..on the drain nipple when the bike is running and hold it up along the bowl and SEE where the fuel level reaches in the bowls..should be about 1MM BELOW the rim where the bowl and bodies come together. I say "ABOUT" but youll need to look in a manual for the exact numbers. Line on, start and idle, open the drain and look.
          MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
          1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

          NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


          I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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            #6
            The bottom of my bowls have bolts not nipples

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              #7
              Go here and select the 550 manual and start reading on page 18 or 19..yeah it shows a VM arb but the test is the same....

              http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/
              MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
              1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

              NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


              I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                #8
                What carbs do you have on there?? VMs or CVs. Guess that would have been a question to ask. Stock 80s are supposed to be CVs.
                MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                  #9
                  Picture will help to acess things.
                  MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                  1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                  NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                  I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                    #10
                    Cv bs32ss

                    Useless picture but the only one i have at the moment, i will post some twm.

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                      #11
                      Cant see the pilot jet holes, but they have the rubber plugs in them? What do the bottoms of the bowls look like..that nut??
                      MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                      1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                      NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                      I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                        #12
                        Yes they have plugs, i will take more pics tomorrow. I followed the step by step on bikecliffs page. Everything went together the way it came off except with new orings and bowl gasket

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                          #13
                          Man..I cant think of anyhting that would cause that if youve been that thorogh and methodical..the only thing I would do if it were mine is INCREASE the float ht by 1 MM on each carb just to see if a taller float height shuts down the fuel faster when its running??? I did notice you used the SAE decimal declaration in your post about what they are set at. Maybe you wanna recheck the conversion? Not saying you did anything wrong..just saying double check everything that could have gotten thrown off.
                          MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                          1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                          NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                          I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                            #14
                            The book actually gives the SAE spec on the float bowls as well as metric. And yes moving the float bowles is the ONLY thing i can think of. If that doesnt make a difference th.en i give up. It makes no sence to me how this can happen. The petcock is vaccum, so it took a while for fuel to even get to the bowls

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                              #15
                              It has the goofy petcock that has no lever or reserve. The rubber diafram looked a little dryed out but like i said it still took a while for fuel to even get to the carbs

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