What were these guys thinking!?

[Guest]

so I now have pics of the orignal carbs off my 85 GS700ES. I was having a realy hard time getting the bike to idle properly and decided to rebuild me carbs. Not more than 15 min into the job i discovered this hack job in the piolt screws. only one carb had a screw in it. however the all had machine head hex screws caping the passages! here is a pic of the carb that had the broken piolt screw in it. It looks like they tried to drill it out but the bit walked.

[Danaconda7]

this one was just crushed by the screw they used to block the passage. what fools they must have been to do such a poor job. I have since bought four more carbs, cleaned and broken down. and now have four working carbs to put back on the bike. The only bummer is that the two carbs pictured came out the cleanest. Any advise on if the would still be functional?

[Gorminrider]

there's a special place in Hell for PO's like yours...

Per your "Any advise on if the would still be functional? "....huh?..

[Danaconda7]

I am not sure if I can still use those shot Carbs. more to the point if I can put Piolt screw back in them and have them seal and function with the damage done to the passages.

[BassCliff]

Hi,





While it is fairly common to cut a slot or two with a dremel in order to facilitate the extraction of a stuck idle mixture (or "pilot") screw, that was pretty bungled.

If there are enough pilot screw threads, room to hold the O-ring and spring, with no air leaks, I suppose those carbs can still be used. Were the tips of the pilot screws broken off and stuck in the body?


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Danaconda7]

I think the were clear but I will confirm soon. Thank you.