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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #25 on: June 19, 2011, 03:24:04 PM »
Underscore: If'n you find it then please post it in the Lieberry as an atttachment.   (Click "Additional Options..." below the posting text box.)
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2011, 04:02:43 PM »
I replied to your write-up and attatched it there.
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #27 on: June 19, 2011, 04:06:00 PM »
Great. Thanks.
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #28 on: June 19, 2011, 06:48:38 PM »
Thanks Scott! Something to mess with this winter. Don't think I'm going to mess with it til then.
They do seem a little out of adjustment. If I just push down on the throttle rail with my finger the idle goes down to were it should be. Nothing holding it up, it just doesn't quite close.

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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2011, 06:58:45 PM »
Doesn't hurt to spray some silicone lubricant on the return springs.
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2011, 07:03:55 PM »
From the way the article was written, it sounds like the author was working on a K75.
When I did my 2 bikes IIRC I used cyl #3 as my base because the throttle cable attaches to that butterfly most directly without adjustable linkage in between the butterfly and the cable attachment.
I set my throttle lock and went from there. 3 to 4, then 3 to 2, and finally 3 to 1. After that then the brass screws were adjusted for fine balance and final idle set. All using just my TwinMax.
If I had made any adjustment to #4 I then also checked my TPS settings, and choke settings last.

Like Dr.Duck suggested a little lubrication doesn't hurt, make sure all is freed up.
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #31 on: June 19, 2011, 08:58:35 PM »
If I just push down on the throttle rail with my finger the idle goes down to were it should be. Nothing holding it up, it just doesn't quite close.
Disclaimer: K75RT is my first bike and right now I don't know enough to be good on the diagnostics, just good enough to be dangerous.  Anyway, What you just described above is what mysteriously happened to my K75.  What I found was causing it but have no idea how it happened, is the TPS moved by itself to do just that:  The TPS was turned CW enough to slightly hold the throttle rail open, which I could close and bring idle down to normal by pressing on the throttle linkage.  While checking for every kind of linkage hangup, I finally removed the TPS and discovered the idle was correct with it off.  I reattached TPS, reset and tightened it up, and all's well ...... except for the inadvertent turn I made to the blue painted screw between #2 and #3 TB. :(  Still wondering how to proceed with that, even after reading the PDF attachment over on the TB synch thread.
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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #32 on: June 19, 2011, 09:13:54 PM »
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The TPS was turned CW

Excuse my ignorance but what is CW?

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Re: Idle Ajustment?
« Reply #33 on: June 19, 2011, 09:19:44 PM »
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The TPS was turned CW

Excuse my ignorance but what is CW?

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