KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX250 / KX125 => Topic started by: queen of spodes on April 09, 2015, 12:28:10 PM

Title: Float height adjustment - am I doing it right?
Post by: queen of spodes on April 09, 2015, 12:28:10 PM

Should I measure float height (16mm per factory manual) between the carb body and the line on the float?   Or is it asking me to measure from the carb body to the very tip top of the float (kinda hard to do since it angles up like a pyramid!)

(http://i.imgur.com/AaKoyB3.jpg)

Title: Re: Float height adjustment - am I doing it right?
Post by: queen of spodes on April 09, 2015, 03:20:41 PM

Found out this is how it's supposed to be measured:

(http://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/04/09/86804/s1200_float_level.jpg)

Title: Re: Float height adjustment - am I doing it right?
Post by: sandblaster on April 09, 2015, 05:21:46 PM

Learn something new every day.
Thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Float height adjustment - am I doing it right?
Post by: Flattracker on May 26, 2015, 11:29:13 AM

More important would be the actual fuel level measured with a fuel level gauge.  I set my (98 kx250) float height based on the manual (clymer) @the same 16mm.  It was previously set much closer to the carburetor body (higher fuel level) and after 2-3 laps of practice @ my local 1/4 dirt track the engine would not pull because of a lean bog.    In between practice and heats I had to raise the fuel level to where it was set previously then all was okay.