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have water or dirt in the carburetor bowl. Use automotive carburetor cleaner or
WD-40 to clean the carburetor inside and out.
STOCK CARBURETOR SETTINGS
The 2003 KING stock carburetor settings from the factory are:
•
55 pilot jet
•
92 main jet
Cleaning the carburetor:
Clean the carburetor in a well-ventilated area, and take care that there is no
spark or flame anywhere near the working area; this includes any appliance with
a pilot light. Because of the danger of highly flammable liquids, do not use
gasoline or low flash-point solvent to clean the carburetor.
1.
Make sure the fuel is shut off.
2.
Remove the carburetor.
3.
Drain the fuel in the carburetor.
4.
Disassemble the carburetor.
CAUTION:
Do
not
use compressed air on an assembled carburetor. Or the pressure may
deform the float. Do not use a strong carburetor cleaning solution, which could
attack the parts of the carburetor; instead, use a mild high cleaning solution safe
for plastic parts.
5.
Immerse all the metal parts in a carburetor cleaning solution.
6.
Rinse the parts in water.
7.
After the parts are cleaned, dry them with compressed air.
8.
Blow out the fuel passages with compressed air.
9.
Assemble the carburetor
10. Install the carburetor onto the motorcycle.
CAUTION:
1. The motorcycle will only operate
properly if the carburetor top is
installed properly with the mounting
screws, cable and choke knob
oriented as shown in figure 46.
Figure 50
Proper carburetor top
installation and location of
rectangular slide indexing pin
and vent elbows.
