carb settings.....

[mikedastonfj1100]

Was wondering what to set the choke needle to... The needle that is on top of every carb body right next to the top cover....

[Pat Conlon]

That's the air idle screw and settings depends on your pilot jet sizes...
For stock 37.5 pilots, set the screws 3 turns out from fully seated. That will get you started.
Final adjustment should be done with the throttle 'blip test' on a warm engine.

Hope this helps.

[mikedastonfj1100]

Not the screw that sits between the carbs for syncing them together... Carbs are stock as far as I know... I'll upload a photo when I get home as to what needle in talkin about...

[Pat Conlon]

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=4281.0

See post #4....I'm talking about A

[mikedastonfj1100]

this is what I was talking about.... I was wondering what it is used for... and what would happen if it was all the way screwed in allowing no air flow through it... I have it 2 1/2 full turns out from fully seated... not sure if it is far enough out.....

[FJmonkey]

Ugh... That pic is too small to see what you want to show... More detail please....

[mikedastonfj1100]

here is a link to the photo....

http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/thumb_4013_04_04_14_8_04_59.jpeg

I don't know how to make it bigger

[movenon]

this is what I was talking about.... I was wondering what it is used for... and what would happen if it was all the way screwed in allowing no air flow through it... I have it 2 1/2 full turns out from fully seated... not sure if it is far enough out.....

Small picture but it appears to be your fuel air screws. Basic setting is 2 1/2 to 3 turns out.  From there best to do a blip test and sync the carbs.
When the screw go's in it will lean out your bike and when you screw out it enriches the mixture.  It has a lot of effect from 0 to 1/4 throttle.
As a note when you are just cruising down the road at 70 mph you are probably only at 1/4 throttle.
George

[FJmonkey]

I don't know how to make it bigger

Take a new picture of what you you want us to see...

[mikedastonfj1100]

I took these pics with a windows 8 phone....

[mikedastonfj1100]

http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/4013_04_04_14_8_04_59.jpeg

[FJmonkey]

http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/4013_04_04_14_8_04_59.jpeg

Air fuel mix screws.... Good pic dude....

[andyb]

As Pat said.

Dunno if you couldn't understand him, but it doesn't get any more clear than that.  3 turns out from gently bottomed is the starting point, each cylinder will likely have a slightly different sweet spot.  If you're out to 5 turns and not getting improvements, you'll need to change the pilot jets (assuming the carbs are clean internally).

[Bminder]

As Pat said.
Dunno if you couldn't understand him, but it doesn't get any more clear than that.  3 turns out from gently bottomed is the starting point, each cylinder will likely have a slightly different sweet spot.  If you're out to 5 turns and not getting improvements, you'll need to change the pilot jets (assuming the carbs are clean internally).

Maybe a little more clarification if you've never worked on carbs before.
Take a screwdriver and gently turn them clockwise until you feel them hit bottom. Stop when you feel that so you don't damage the screws.
Then turn each screw counterclockwise 3 complete turns out and see how it runs.

[mikedastonfj1100]

I get how to do it now