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Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:58 am
by ssimonn
bend the little metal bit toward where the needle would be to lower the fuel level in the carbs ? yes ?

I have bent this and the level has not changed ,

bend towards carb (needle)to lower level , bend toward float bowl (away from needle)to raise .. correct ?

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:03 am
by ssimonn
oh and can i put a 2kr fuel pump on the 3ln ?

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:05 am
by yamaha_george
ssimonn wrote:bend the little metal bit toward where the needle would be to lower the fuel level in the carbs ? yes ?

I have bent this and the level has not changed ,

bend towards carb (needle)to lower level , bend toward float bowl (away from needle)to raise .. correct ?
SS,
you should be setting the Float height as per the tool that Rage Digital came up with, saves a lot of messing about

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Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:27 am
by ssimonn
the height for the 250 would be .. ? 13mm as well ?

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:31 am
by rotortech
ssimon,

I did the setup to measure fuel level with little plastic tubes on each carb and it was just impossible for me. That is when I decided to just set the float height. Much easier to see and measure and it works great. I had to reset the float height a couple of times to get it where I wanted it but it is worth doing.

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:40 am
by ssimonn
truth , all I was going to do was get one with messing around with the tube ,measure that one , make a device like is shown above to do the rest . I have used that technique on my other bike but I had the height it should be set at to make the card. This time I dont :( yet :) ..

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:02 am
by ssimonn
after I do it with the card , if i put the tube on and look the fuel level will have changed ? or no ? I'm thinking yes ..

Re: Float levels , am I missing something ?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:19 am
by ssimonn
ok I set the floats at 13mm , I'll see how that goes.