20-03-13, 07:36 PM
(19-03-13, 09:58 PM)FuZzBoM link Wrote: I will confess I am a bit of a perfectionist and have been measuring with a vernier caliper.. see this is the thing with the base measurement, mine seems to rest higher than 12.5mm. but i know what you guys will say that i am measuring wrongly. for me to get the 12.5mm the carbs are near enough flat on their heads??
I have done a very tiny adjustment to them and think i will leave it at that.. unless there is anyone in the Milton Keynes area that knows what they are looking for and fancies a visit from a fellow foccer? :lol
Go back to Pat's Site (link above) and see the Addendum II. Note that I don't put the carbs on the bench to measure the float height, so 'flat on their heads' is a clue that maybe you're doing it differently and that's why you're not getting accurate readings.
Obviously I place the carbs down flat to make the small adjustments to the float tangs but the key for me is to pivot them on one end - as in the photos - to check the move-stop-move again sequence.
Between 13.5 - 14mm is the target level; ideally, you want them all the same height. Mikuni's manufacturing tolerances are excellent, BTW ... in over 1000 floats I've checked, I've only ever found one that was not exactly at 12.5mm.
