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Factory setting on 1985 harley Keihin butterfly carburator mixer screw

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All mixture screws are one and a half up to two full turns and you will be pretty close

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Anonymous

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SOURCE: want to find idle and mixer,choke adjustment screws

Please indicate the type of engine?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2011

SOURCE: i have a 1985 harley

I cannot send you a diagram on how to do either one. I can however direct you to a site where you can print out an "exploded" view of the parts you mentioned. Go to http://www.bikebandit.com Click on OEM Parts, and make the appropriate choices and you'll get a drawing of what you want. Look at the lower left corner of the drawing and you'll see the "Print" button. Click the button and larger drawing will come up and you can print it out.

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Steve

Mike

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  • Posted on May 28, 2011

SOURCE: Have cleaned the carburator and

Typically 1 to 1 1/2 turns out will get you going.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 10, 2011

SOURCE: i have my a 1979

The 165 main jet is the standard jet for that year. For altitudes above 4000 feet. the 160 jet should be used. The slow speed jet shouild be a 0.65. If you're fouling your plugs with gasoline, you've got another problem somewhere. These butterfly Kiehin carburators are notorious for the needle and seat leaking. With the bike standing as straight up as you can get it safely, remove the air cleaner. Turn the fuel petcock on and watch inside the carb. If you see fuel running along the bottom of the carb, your needle is not sealing completely and it's flooding the carb. Another problem is that someone may have left the black rubber plug out of the slow jet recess. Take the float bowl off and look for a black rubber plug just to one side of the main jet holder. If it's not in there, the bike will run up to a certain RPM and then it overloads badly. When it does this, it will sputter and nearly die. Another problem could be your exhaust. If you are running unbaffled drag pipes, your exhaust system does not have enough backpressure. You can help this by installing a 1/4" X 1 1/4" bolt in the hole at the end of each pipe for the bolt that held the baffles in. Insert the bolt from the outside and put three nuts on the bolt. This will give the exhaust system just enough backpressure to eliminate most of the problem.

Good Luck
Steve

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I have my a 1979 harley davidson xl100 with a 1980 keihin carburator Presently a 165 jet is in it and I wired my choke open because it was fouling my plugs. What size jet should I put in it? and gaping my...

The 165 main jet is the standard jet for that year. For altitudes above 4000 feet. the 160 jet should be used. The slow speed jet shouild be a 0.65. If you're fouling your plugs with gasoline, you've got another problem somewhere. These butterfly Kiehin carburators are notorious for the needle and seat leaking. With the bike standing as straight up as you can get it safely, remove the air cleaner. Turn the fuel petcock on and watch inside the carb. If you see fuel running along the bottom of the carb, your needle is not sealing completely and it's flooding the carb. Another problem is that someone may have left the black rubber plug out of the slow jet recess. Take the float bowl off and look for a black rubber plug just to one side of the main jet holder. If it's not in there, the bike will run up to a certain RPM and then it overloads badly. When it does this, it will sputter and nearly die. Another problem could be your exhaust. If you are running unbaffled drag pipes, your exhaust system does not have enough backpressure. You can help this by installing a 1/4" X 1 1/4" bolt in the hole at the end of each pipe for the bolt that held the baffles in. Insert the bolt from the outside and put three nuts on the bolt. This will give the exhaust system just enough backpressure to eliminate most of the problem.

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First the idle screw. It should just open a little bit the carburator butterfly.
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Full throttle tune the ''H'' screw to be able to pass from low rpm to high rpm with no lag.
Than at full throttle open again a little bit the ''H'' screw to make the high rmp mixture more rich.
Becarful if ''H'' screw is not adjust correctly the mixture will be to poor and motor damage can occur.

It may be necessary to re-tune a very little bit the ''L'' screw and idle screw after the correct setting of the ''H'' screw.

If it still not working carburator kit may be needed,

On some newer model there is no adjusting screws in this case see if a carburator kit is available for your model.
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Visit this site we also have a column for other models prolly you may get someone there who has the same type of bike as yours!..www.xjbikes.com
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