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Road trouble

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Undo the float bowl drain on the bottom I believe its a 10mm screw.. If gas comes out your getting it that far and most likely have either a clogged jet or a bad float... Sounds as if you have carb adjustment issues maybe even a sync problem.....
 
There is no way to remove the float bowl on number three without removing the whole bank so I'll order up four rebuild kits and clean-up and rebuild every-one of 'em. YEAH! :o
 
on the four bank you can get to the 3rd carb its a bit of a pain but with a lil effort it will go....I used (if my memory serves me) a 10mm box wrench, worked ok... but I would recomend the rebuild wit the problems you have if you havent properly cleaned them than that may quite well be the issue
 
This bike was not well taken care of and periodic maintenance obviously never happened. The "air filter" was seat foam(really!) and the points were probably the same ones that came from Japan(condensors too). So I doubt the carbs were ever removed(no apparent tool marks on the screws) let alone cleaned. Hopefully I'll be riding Everywhere in a week or so(with a whole lotta luck and a whole lotta help :D ). I'm glad my first bike, 78 GS400, wasn't this much involved.
 
what bike is it? The best thing you an do is work the carbs and just get it over with, My 1100 was the easiest job Ihad done(abit of a pain to get off then on).. Youll thanks your self once you do it..
 
I had a similar problem with my 850. Idled fine but poor when trying to drive. What I found (I'm sure you would have noticed, I'm quite new to the mechanic thing) was that when connecting the fuel line to the cabs I must have pushed down a bit hard causing the fuel intake nipple on the carbs to roll downward pinching the fuel hose slightly, I straightened things back up and it seemed to operate well, that fixed just one of the number of things I've found since to fix.
 
Before removing aand cleaning the carbs I noticed that the third AND fourth cylinder were not firing. If I hit the throttle hard a couple of times the fourth would fire right up but the third never would. I removed and cleaned the carbs up and checked the jets before reassembly and they were clean. All the carbs are getting fuel, all the float pins and floats are working just fine. After putting it all back together I still had the same problem. I am currently cleaning number three and four again and wonder if I am missing something in the cleaning that would clear this problem up.
What is the purpose of the connecting hose that runs above the float chamber connecting hose between 1-2, and 3-4? Could my problem be that this is clogged?
 
When you clean your carbs clean all of them ..includng the connecting tubes they carrie the fuel between each carb...... But since 4 is getting fuel its not likely the issue but you may have a clogged screen in the pick up (where the float needle is) that will prevent the fuel from going any further....
 
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