Couple issues since carb overhaul and valve adjustment?

[slyone]

Lot of good stuff guys, Thanks! I'm just kinda checkin in because I'm also doing a 4 whl brake job w/cables too On my brother's Plymouth van which sat for 2 yrs. and some other stuff to get her inspected The Bike also blew out the 1/2 moon at camcover so I can't run it and will take it apart either tonight but probably tomorrow. I did just check throttle and she does not snap back so I'll check everything. I did not feel the need to sync carbs-which I never did...because I didn't touch those adjusters on type of sliders-just loosened the screws to shaft and slid shaft out?? guess I gotta lot of issues to attend to?

[slyone]

Pulled carbs and camcover tonight to reset 1/2 moons & clean out slider bores. Did someone say "throttle snap-back? lol, mine takes 7-8 seconds to close off the engine! guess that's the culprit...

[MisterCinders]

If you pulled the shaft you need to synch. Any disruption of the slides requires a synch. At least at the bench.

[chuck hahn]

And we are to assume the throttle return spring is installed and in good strength???

[slyone]

I can't seem to get the shaft to move easily or at all for that matter I may have to remove the plate to loosen up the carbs..tomorrow! I found the #2 carb slider binding bad. In fact, I had to gently pry it just to get it to move! Hellooooo! WTF! can't wait to get that working again

I still have to make a decision on how exactly to go about sealing and reusing cam 1/2 moon plugs which I think I might try reversing them, I'm not using Hondabond, that's goin back! how bout GM silicone sealer or even plain rtv?

Also my cam cover gasket which stay attached to cover but has a pretty descent impression of mating surface-hopefully it'll be fine. I never knew of putting grease(what kind) onto gasket surface?

[koolaid_kid]

Regular RTV will be fine. Regular axle grease would be fine, a very, very light layer.
My apologies for claiming it was too lean.

[gs450sjip]

I can't seem to get the shaft to move easily or at all for that matter I may have to remove the plate to loosen up the carbs..tomorrow! I found the #2 carb slider binding bad. In fact, I had to gently pry it just to get it to move! Hellooooo! WTF! can't wait to get that working again

I still have to make a decision on how exactly to go about sealing and reusing cam 1/2 moon plugs which I think I might try reversing them, I'm not using Hondabond, that's goin back! how bout GM silicone sealer or even plain rtv?

Also my cam cover gasket which stay attached to cover but has a pretty descent impression of mating surface-hopefully it'll be fine. I never knew of putting grease(what kind) onto gasket surface?

SLYONE,

I just resealed the cam cover and rubber plugs on mine. I used Loctite 518 anerobic sealer only, no gasket. I works great, I have used it many times before without issue. gs450sjip

[slyone]

lol I found the lock tab for the slider shaft , wiped bore out & all fixed, reset my pilot fuel screws to 7/8" but a seal got torn in the process? so I'm on the backburner again until replacement arrives
While at the GM dealership, got a tube of regular GM engine sealant/rtv from a friend so I'll put the cam cover back on today/tonight hopefully...prolly be snowing by the time I get it all set!

[koolaid_kid]

So what you are saying is the slide did not have the centering groove lined up correctly?

[slyone]

no, no, I had applied a very thin coat of vasoline to slider/bore, all were dragging, 2 being the worst. simply wipe bore with cleaner-problem solved! yea!

[JJ]

An old drag-racer trick I used on carburetor float bowl gaskets was to apply a thin layer of Chap-Stick to one side of the gasket. It will stick to one side and pull away easily without tearing. I just looked in my toolbox and saw that I still have a couple of tubes.

It works well on motorcycle carbs, too...