Dumb questions: carbs and battery

[Fenixgoon]

1) When people say 2.5 turns for the pilot screw, do they mean 2.5 turns after loose threading, or 2.5 turns out from being tightly threaded?

2) is it ok to use a impact hammer to get the intake boot screws off? mine seem to be pretty stuck.

3) how long should a battery tender junior take to charge a battery?

Thanks in advance

[Nessism]

Turn the screw in until it lightly bottoms out, and then open it up 2.5 turns from there.

To get the boots off an impact driver works well. Add a long extension, or two, or three, until you can get a clear angle at the screws.

Good luck.

[Big T]

Original battery charge may take overnight

Otherwise, 1/2 - 2 hrs

[Fenixgoon]

Original battery charge may take overnight

Otherwise, 1/2 - 2 hrs

mine's been charging for like a day or two now, and i filled it up with distilled water too. i guess that means i should get a new battery, eh?

i just have the alligator clips attached to the bracket terminals on the battery. i took out the screws/nuts

[Bob Gibson]

The responses I've been getting on idle screw settings is approximately 2.5 turns out after lightly bottoming out. If you're having trouble keeping the bike idling, maybe try a few different positions such as 1.5 and 3.5 turns.

Are you seeing continuous bubbling in each cell after overnight charging, while still being charged? If not, a new battery may be the next purchase.

[Beaver]

mine's been charging for like a day or two now, and i filled it up with distilled water too. i guess that means i should get a new battery, eh?

i just have the alligator clips attached to the bracket terminals on the battery. i took out the screws/nuts

If you want to charge it properly you need to work out the ampage of the battery, the output of the charger (which tells you how mant amps/hour it charges) and it will tell you how long it takes. Once fully charged it will start having the opposite effect and begin to drain the battery, so it is important to figure this out before you start. If a battery has been drained fully too many times then deposits start to form on the plates, you can buy really good chargers that can help recondition batteries by charging them under higher voltage, plus they stop charging when the bettery is full and switch over to trickle charge. New batteries aren't that expensive either