air mixture screws

[kparkfan]

i just replaced my air mixture screws today. can anyone tell me what they should be set at? my dumb clymer book dont seem to say. its a 79 gs550E

[Steve]

You replaced the air screws. The ones on the sides of the carbs, right?

Assuming that the fuel screws are set properly ( somewhere between 3/4 and 1 full turn out), the air screws should be about 1 1/2 turn out.

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[kparkfan]

yeah they are the ones on the side. are these clymer books good for anything lol. i have more luck on here than i do looking in the book for answers. what a waste of money. lol

[Suzuki mad]

When playing with either the air screw or a the fuel screws its always best to count how many turns from seated the screws were set and noting it down before removing them. That way you can rebuild the carbs back to where the bike was running its best, in theory.

This is great when the bike's working fine, and no help when its running poorly.

Clymer manuals, can't answer that one, its not a regular in the UK we have Haynes manuals.

Suzuki mad

[Headphase]

There is a growing list of carb settings at the top of the 'technical info' section, showing the OEM settings . Your year and model is probably there.

[Steve]

Clymer manuals, can't answer that one, its not a regular in the UK we have Haynes manuals.

My condolences, indeed, Suzuki mad.

I have the pleasure of having a pdf copy of the factory manual, a Haynes manual and a Clymer manual for the GS850 series.
In order of preference I would have to rate them 1) Factory; 2) Clymer; 3) Haynes.

Sometimes the Haynes might have a better picture for a particular process, but I think the Clymer is written better.

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