Hi Memmbers
hope someone can help me with my problem
fuel streeming from overflow pipe of my 1988 softails carby
any help would be great carbies are not my strong point
many thanks bigfella
Or shit between needle and seat, i`d look at upgrading to a 1990 + CV carb if you have not already done so.
If you want to do it properly and not loose any parts then yes, if you don`t have a workshop manual and as you said not up on carbs don`t do it till you have a manual, you might be able to get an exploded view off the net.
You might want to get a rebuild kit new gaskets needle seat etc if the carbs never been touched or as i mentioned before get a CV.
This may help.
i cant thank you blokes enoughdropped the bowl off and it was full of muck cleaned it out gggled the float put it back togethe and it seems to have worked i will take advice put akit through it
again many thanks for allyour prompt replies another happy member
bigfella
I did the change to a CV on an 89 1200 It increased go and fuel range best and cheapest improvement I did
Totally agree Oz, what i have never understood is the love of S&S carbs.
depends what your set up is, but for riding , runs & so on what Bobby Wood does works for me. i'm going to start riding country miles again, so thinking about putting my old Woods Rebel carb back on removing the CV 51 . the rebel carb is a modified cv44. works brilliant & i got great economy. the CV51 works brilliant too just uses heaps more fuel. i'm hopping to do some long runs very soon.
also thought i
d say i always pull the guts out of the vacume petcock run it manual, but i got a pringel on it now, always turn the fuel off 1/2 a k b4 your going to stop, then that overflow problem never happens. but good thing you cleaned that crap , a ryco v8 straight filter works for me, change it every say 6 months.
if you get a cv40, try & get a bobby wood K1 needle a 45 or bored out 46 pilot jet & just ask ol Bobby what main jet for your set up, & you will be smiling at how sweet & how far you go on a tank of fuel. just leave the rest of the carb as is but can radius the edge to the slide to help flow if you want. the wood Rebel i got has Holley carb jets bobby don't say that, but it's true & the main jet goes up in 1 thou increasements so can dial it in if you like stuffing around & like perfection.
cheers