Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

I did not make up using a wire to clean a jet. Mechanics told me to do it. So you ruined a jet did you? Hmm. How did you manage that? Actually you said you ruined many good carbs doing that. How many did you ruin?

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

Don't know if I damaged the jet or the passage.Any time I used a wire to clean jets or passages the carb was never the same.I quit that practice a long time ago,and have had no further problems.I'm only stating what the proper procedure is,and recommend.To each his own.
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Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

So let me get this straight. You have damaged several carburetors and you are not sure how you damaged them.

(note: Nowhere do I say to use a wire on a passage)

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

That may have been my problem,using a wire on the passages.Nowhere did I say I ruined several carburetors.At any rate as you said "agree to disagree."

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Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

So after these carbs were ruined you thought it might be the jets ruined. Why did you not buy new jets then? They are cheap enough. Did you then go and buy new carburetors to replace these ruined carburetors or did you simply accept the carbs were ruined and then got rid of the bikes?

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

As I stated above the carbs were not ruined,nor did I say they came off a bike.This was long time ago,and carbs that came off different vehicles,mostly Quadrajet Chev's.

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

So after these carbs were ruined you thought it might be the jets ruined. Why did you not buy new jets then? They are cheap enough. Did you then go and buy new carburetors to replace these ruined carburetors or did you simply accept the carbs were ruined?

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

To answer your question,yes the jets were replaced on different carbs with good results.
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Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

Sounds like you are pretty much on top of it; I'm not sure that any additional tear down would really accumplish anything useful. On many models, the low speed, idle jet is not removable (don't remember about the GZ) and has the smallest passages that plug the easiest.

Did you remove the plug on the idle mix. screw and remove it and clean out that "hole" good too ?? On most, that's about as close to the idle jet as you can get........and then allows you to richen up the idle just a tad when you're done.

Have we mentioned that the GZ doesn't run worth a crap without the stock air filter in place......and the air box all sealed up, including the cap on the end of the drain tube ??

Re: Hello Im a new owner of a GZ250 in MD
 

You have contradicted yourself. You said before the carburetors were ruined.