its alive!!!!

[xxspikexx]

well after much frustration it fired up today and did a search on here of my latest problem which is fuel is flowing over and leaking into the airbox.. i am almost certain that its the o-rings in the float valve seat since i did not get new ones thats for my next pay check i tried tapping the bowls to see if it was just a stuck float but it kept happening no matter how much i hit them.. funny its only carbs 2, 3, and 4. and im sure its not the petcock.. but im just posting this thread cause the sun was shinning for a min and soon it will be on the road. im also going to have the dealer have a look see to make sure I dotted the i's and crossed the t's.. well cheers

[Steve]

What an optimist:

... funny its only carbs 2, 3, and 4.

im also going to have the dealer have a look see to make sure I dotted the i's and crossed the t's..

And ... didn't you know? You are supposed to cross your Is and dot your Ts.

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[chef1366]

I'm glad the igniter worked.

[xxspikexx]

ya the igniter worked great thanks again chef with out you this wouldn't be possible.. sounds a bit corny but its true id still be running in circles.. and its also a breath of fresh air to finally just be a member of this forum that isent just "help me" all the time. the search feature is a great one, just gotta remember if it happened to you it happened to someone else first... also its funny when i open'd up the carbs i just got to look at/ clean i had come to realize the ones that were on there were not bad at all so i swapped most of what was in there except for the valve seat o-rings since i dident move the seats that were there.. now i do have a silly but relevant question..a whole turn on the mix screw is a whole turn one complete flip of the screw driver or is it one turn as far as your wrist will go like to turn a doorknob..

[chef1366]

A 360 degree turn on the screw end.

[xxspikexx]

ok not quite alive....

as some would i stepped away from the bike for a while to come back with new eyes.. well after replacing the carb set after breaking a float post, i swaped my jets with the ones that were in it (it was from a gs 750) checked my valve clerances and all in spec, floats to spec, new intake boots and o-rings, bench synced, 2 turns on the mix screw, new coils, and new/used igniter, it fired up but then died it will only fire with using my arm over the air box side of the carbs creating resistance.. and after 2mins of running as such removed my arm it idled a bit then died. the spark plugs completely black with carbon from running too rich.. leaned it up and nothing changed.. rich no change.. only one diaphragm wasn't moving right #2 and im going to replace it (i have a few for this bike) but it still should run im really really confused, i feel like im doing everythng i can think of and still falling short somewhere. ive done the searches on here and just about every little thing i do from those suggestions here is where i am at im short of ripping my hair out..