Idle Mixture Screw Adjusment

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Idle Mixture Screw Adjusment

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Bought this at Walmart today for $13.97. Makes adjusting idle mixture screws a breeze.

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Neat! Thanks,
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What setting does everyone run there fuel/mixture screws at please. 😁

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Cannot see what it is, can you provide a direct link ?
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tonybusa1300r wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:15 pm
What setting does everyone run there fuel/mixture screws at please. 😁
You will have various responses. However, I'd suggest between 1 1/2 and 1 3/4. Don't go beyond 2.
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Over the years, various guys have tried (including me) settings from 2 - 3 turns out. I've long ago settled on two turns out max. I've had the opportunity to rebuild several sets of carbs over the years that I know for sure have never been touched from the factory. When I get such a set, a rarity these days, I always check how many turn open the pilot screws are. I've never found one over 1 1/2 turns open. Most are about 1 turn. This is how Honda would supposedly set them according to the procedure in the manual - using a high resolution tachometer and find the highest engine idle for each cylinder. This is why no two are exactly the same using Honda's procedure. I don't know anyone that actually does this. I bench sync the throttle bodies, set the mixture screws 2 turns out and gauge sync them if I have the whole bike here and can run it. Absolute perfection could be had using Honda's procedure, but you need a very precise tachometer.

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daves79x wrote: ↑
Sat May 02, 2020 7:20 am
Over the years, various guys have tried (including me) settings from 2 - 3 turns out. I've long ago settled on two turns out max. I've had the opportunity to rebuild several sets of carbs over the years that I know for sure have never been touched from the factory. When I get such a set, a rarity these days, I always check how many turn open the pilot screws are. I've never found one over 1 1/2 turns open. Most are about 1 turn. This is how Honda would supposedly set them according to the procedure in the manual - using a high resolution tachometer and find the highest engine idle for each cylinder. This is why no two are exactly the same using Honda's procedure. I don't know anyone that actually does this. I bench sync the throttle bodies, set the mixture screws 2 turns out and gauge sync them if I have the whole bike here and can run it. Absolute perfection could be had using Honda's procedure, but you need a very precise tachometer.
We have been using a tool called a Gunson "Colortune", as a final step in tuning carburetors after we restore a bike after rebuilding carburetors, adjusting valves, etc. Opinions clearly vary on the merits of this tool, but I will say based upon our first-hand experience that the bikes start instantly, carburate crisply, and the plug insulators look light tan with little or no deposits on the electrodes. YMMV

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Bought what ? Link did not work for me either. Can you post Walmart link ?
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Did not see a picture or part number for the mixture screw adjustment tool at Walmart.
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NobleHops wrote: ↑
Sun May 03, 2020 12:36 pm
daves79x wrote: ↑
Sat May 02, 2020 7:20 am
Over the years, various guys have tried (including me) settings from 2 - 3 turns out. I've long ago settled on two turns out max. I've had the opportunity to rebuild several sets of carbs over the years that I know for sure have never been touched from the factory. When I get such a set, a rarity these days, I always check how many turn open the pilot screws are. I've never found one over 1 1/2 turns open. Most are about 1 turn. This is how Honda would supposedly set them according to the procedure in the manual - using a high resolution tachometer and find the highest engine idle for each cylinder. This is why no two are exactly the same using Honda's procedure. I don't know anyone that actually does this. I bench sync the throttle bodies, set the mixture screws 2 turns out and gauge sync them if I have the whole bike here and can run it. Absolute perfection could be had using Honda's procedure, but you need a very precise tachometer.
We have been using a tool called a Gunson "Colortune", as a final step in tuning carburetors after we restore a bike after rebuilding carburetors, adjusting valves, etc. Opinions clearly vary on the merits of this tool, but I will say based upon our first-hand experience that the bikes start instantly, carburate crisply, and the plug insulators look light tan with little or no deposits on the electrodes. YMMV

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JoeInTuc will have to answer that, but if I remember correctly, we end up around 2.
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Joe confirms that we start at 2 turns before using the Colortune, generally dial them in +- 1/4 turn from there. Sometimes as much as 1/2 turn.
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