Keihin butterfly carb rebuild #1

The tips and tricks: 1) Replace the craptastic plastic fuel inlet with brass. 2) There are check-balls in the float bowl and accel pump cap. 3) Don't forget the rubber plug over the intermediate jet. 4) a: Braze a loose choke lever to the shaft. b: Put an 0-80 screw in the choke lever to keep it open. c: Assemble to the choke cable with the screw pointing up. 5) Use silicone on the Welch plugs. Clean the idle circuit. 6) Use a rebuild kit with Viton rubber. 7) a: Use the factory choke cable, not a coat hanger. b: Adjust accel pump volume. c: Dial in idle speed and idle mixture screws. 8) a: Use support bracket on rubber-band style manifold. b: Use S&S style manifold clamps. c: O-rings come in Viton too. d: Put manifold on by itself before mounting the carb. e: Tighten manifold clamps before head and cylinder. 9) Use a Fram CA77 in the early Harley air filter. Transcript: http://www.open-sport.org/Repair/Keih... Comment at: http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/sh... Help a brother out, some Amazon associate links that pay a percentage of anything you buy during the same browser session. A rebuild kit with Viton needle: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI... Rebuild kit just for accel pump: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI... the Viton O-ring: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI... Clamps and O-rings: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI...