Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Jetting!!! Again and again and again!
alexander-vmann:
i have not touched the needle becuse of the way the cable connects to it, but judging from the other things i've seen previous owners do to it i doubt that it's a diffrent needle in any diffrent position, the bolt for the needle does not apear to have any tool marks on it :|
the bike has been sitting for a while ever since i started changing the linkage/swingarm bearings clutch plates and fork springs and seals and bushing, but it's only been sitting for a few days with gas in the carburetor
Candyman:
Often a sudden change in jetting means a air leak.
Have you done a leakdown test?
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: alexander-vmann on July 28, 2015, 03:12:13 AM --- but the weird part is that there was excesive amout of smoke, even more that what used to be with richer jetting in warmer weahter
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sounds like a clutch side crank seal failed.
alexander-vmann:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on July 28, 2015, 05:59:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: alexander-vmann on July 28, 2015, 03:12:13 AM --- but the weird part is that there was excesive amout of smoke, even more that what used to be with richer jetting in warmer weahter
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sounds like a clutch side crank seal failed.
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im going to check the coolant level maybe the oil seal behind the impeller broke, or maybe the humid wheater combined with wrong jetting is enough to make it smoke like it does, acording to the sheet that followed fmf pipe the jetting recomended for 87-88 kx500 was richer then the others? maybe this has something to say about my jetting mystery?
alexander-vmann:
--- Quote from: Candyman on July 28, 2015, 05:18:30 AM ---Often a sudden change in jetting means a air leak.
Have you done a leakdown test?
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im gonna go ahead here and ask a really stupid question but how are leakdown test done?
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