Can someone point me at an appropriate thread?

[Guest]

Ive just rebuilt the carbs on my gs 650... Im stuck on how to set the float height... I get that they should rest on the needle valve thing but not pushing down on it... Everything i have found says ya have to measure from the gasket seat to the top of the float but i cant find anything that says what that measurement should be for my carbs (dont have access to my mamual roght now) and i dont have anything to measire with... I am sure that someone has come up with a makeshift wY of doing this accurately without buying a tool...

any thoughts?

[JEEPRUSTY]

service manuals here

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

I think

otherwise im no help

[cowboyup3371]

Have you read through the carb rebuild thread on basscliff's site yet?

[robertbarr]

I am sure that someone has come up with a makeshift wY of doing this accurately without buying a tool...

any thoughts?

Better than makeshift. Just use a digital caliper; use it as a depth gauge. Works great, and it'd be tough to beat the accuracy.

[CrazyCloud]

If you are truly without any kind of ruler, caliper, etc. you could improvise to get it in the ball-park. Try looking at the diameter and thickness of common coins: http://www.sarraf.com/pages/Convert-mm-to-Inches.html. Mark the float height per the manual instructions using a small strip of paper and compare to diameter of coin or stack of coins. Or google "printable ruler" and print one out to use... good luck.

Then buy a calipers or small ruler to check your work later. The above are 'rough and ready, the zombies are coming and I just need the bike to run' methods.

[Tiny]

Thanks for the info guys!