Carb Parts Missing

[gaillarry]

My wifes bike (2001) runs like crap so I'm doing the shim mod and to my surprise there is no spring on the needle, just the needle, spacer, circlip and washer. I checked the microfiche and it shows a small spring under the plastic stopper that holds the needle in place. I ordered a spring but in the meantime will any small spring work?

[Dupo]

If you could get 'something' in there, its better than nothing!

[gaillarry]

I used a spring from a GS550 carb and it works !!!

[jonathan180iq]

That's good advice Gaillarry. The gs500 is just a fatter version of the GZ250 carb, and there are two of them. Most of those inner parts are interchangable.

Your local Suzuki dealer should carry something that will work.

I can't think of any reason why someone would take the spring out of the carb, unless they just forgot when they were putting it back together.