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4-14 2005 Buell P3: Fuel System
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CARBURETOR 4.4
REMOVAL
1. Remove seat.
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WARNING
To prevent accidental vehicle start-up, which could
cause death or serious injury, disconnect negative (-)
battery cable before proceeding. (00048a)
2. Unthread bolt and remove battery negative cable (black)
from battery negative (-) terminal.
3. Moving to left side of vehicle, rotate handle on fuel valve
to the fully vertical position to shut the gasoline supply to
the carburetor “OFF”.
4. Remove air cleaner assembly. See 1.18 AIR CLEANER,
steps 1-10.
5. Locate 6-place Deutsch connector in front of ignition coil
and depress external latch to separate pin and socket
halves.
6. Turn slotted screw to loosen band clamp on outboard
side of manifold-carburetor coupler. Pull carburetor from
coupler.
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Gasoline can drain from the fuel line when disconnected
from carburetor. Gasoline is extremely flammable and
highly explosive, which could result in death or serious
injury. Wipe up spilled fuel immediately and dispose of
rags in a suitable manner. (00257a)
7. Using a side cutters, cut clamp and remove fuel inlet
hose from fitting at side of carburetor.
NOTE
On California models, pull purge hose from fitting on same
side of carburetor.
8. Rotate cable adjusters at handlebar to add slack to idle
and throttle cables.
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When removing the carburetor, keep assembly upright as
the float bowl contains gasoline and will spill if tilted too
far. Gasoline is extremely flammable and highly explo-
sive, which could result in death or serious injury. Wipe
up spilled fuel immediately and dispose of rags in a suit-
able manner. (00258a).
9. Loosen allen head screw to remove cable clamp at top of
throttle cable bracket. Using a needle nose pliers, care-
fully pull idle cable barrel from hole in throttle wheel
(farthest from cam stop). Pull throttle cable barrel from
remaining hole in throttle wheel. Release idle and throttle
cables from guides in throttle cable bracket and remove
carburetor from vehicle.
10. Keeping carburetor upright, move to bench area. Without
tilting carburetor or turning upside down, remove four
Phillips screws at bottom to remove float bowl from car-
buretor body. Carefully pour gasoline in float bowl into a
suitable container. Loosely install screws to fasten float
bowl to carburetor body.
11. If carburetor cleaning is required, proceed as follows:
a. Using special TORX bit (Snap-on® TTXR20E),
remove two tamper-resistant T20 TORX screws to
release throttle position sensor from carburetor
housing.
b. Remove Phillips screw (with lockwasher) to release
stay plate on auto-enrichener from carburetor hous-
ing. Pull enrichener from carburetor bore.