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Reed cage

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dave916:

--- Quote from: Letsride614 on November 19, 2011, 11:58:33 AM ---flipped reed cage over and wallah it runs clean and idles  :mrgreen:

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can't believe it makes a differance  as been looking at the reed cage and it seems to be almost identical both ways
I Know the arrow is ther for a reason  ,anyone see the differance?

CR480R:
the '90 kx500 cage i measured appears centered at the flange. I had another cage here from a '86 kx250 that was 2mm offset towards the arrow. since kawi used the same basic cage for 20years my guess is the arrow remained on the outer mold regardless of rather it relevent or not. May as well install it correctly just to be sure.

Letsride614:
on mine with the arrow pointing up I found it was not sealing completely for some reason, but sealed fine with the arrow pointing down. I could not visually tell any diff but it does Idle now very slow, so slow you think its going to quit but never does and also no surging when throttle is shut on staights. I'm just glad its working right.

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