1991 Suzuki 1100G Carb Clean & Check. Mikuni BST 36's

[@strcmen]

Thanks a lot. You video was very helpful for me🙌

[@snowmangsx1100]

you seem like a skilled mechanic my friend but i did not take the tops off my carbs since I didn't feel it necessary, test them submerged in a suitable container of gas and see how the tubes slide up and down, also I know you know this but the video of the floats your showing thje floats are held in place with the installation of the bow, brother it seems like you have had some bad luck because it truly looks like your more skilled in motorcycle carbs than I am so maybe i got lucky, I have a been a mechanic all my life but not on motorcycle carbs so I was very skeptical mine would even run after wards, like I say the main jet was not in the new kits so I reused the old one and got lucky, I hope you get it going sir and wish the best of luck and the upper diaphragms on yours looked great and I hope mine are the same and they must be to run like a singer sewing machine,,good luck man

[@richbinaz]

Not a mechanic by trade Rick, just had to deal with these things for a long time. During this long drawn out fault finding session (lasted for months) I'm just trying to find out what is wrong this time - as it is different to all the times before, which were due to the carbs flooding for one reason or another. Occasionally it would be plugged idle jets (they are too small) or the floats have failed, the o-rings were bad etc.

[@joshreinhofer7116]

Howdy sir, I unfortunately over torqued the float bowl drain screw after draining in hopes to clear out some crud. The taper has deformed and it steadily leaks. I’ve had no luck finding the correct replacement screws. My next step is getting a seal kit and taking a peak to see if I can still use the bowl body. Any advice for a young driveway mechanic?

[@richbinaz]

Hmmm, tricky. I hope the bowl is not cracked, that pot metal is pretty soft. I think it is softer than the screw that goes in to plug the hole. As an emergency measure, you may be able to wrap some teflon tape (plumbing tape) around the cone on the drain screw and gently screw that in till the leaking stops. Might take a couple of goes. Pretty sure new parts are unavailable, so junkyards or some other fix may be all that is available.