Clockwise or counterclockwise

[Klavdy]

Maybe you should just flip it over and reverse any directions already provided.....

Don't forget about the coriolis force - things go the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere ..............

No.
They don't always.

[billwest]

Well, what do you know........

Another "fact" debunked.

[FJTillDeath]

Sarcasm gotta love it

[flips]

Maybe you should just flip it over and reverse any directions already provided.....

Don't forget about the coriolis force - things go the opposite way in the Southern Hemisphere ..............

[Matt]

My FJ is running like it should now after my initial problems with the fuel pump but it sounded like it was going to implode at idle - rpm was closer to 500 than 1000!  Anyhow, being in New Zealand I turned the bike upside down (took ages to get the windscreen off and rig up a gravity feed from the removed tank to the pump) and whoever said that you can reach that nut with your hand must have very small mitts...  I ended up asking the 2 year old next door to reach in and turn the nut.  The hospital advises that the burns will heal in a week or two and his mother says it wasn't entirely my fault.

It does run now very smoothly at idle.  The only problem is I can't turn it back over on to its wheels on my own and the neighbourhood mothers have banned their kids from helping me anymore.

Ideas?   



All jokes aside it was a pretty easy job, why on earth the idle screw is there I don't know, if it wasn't for the forum I'd never find it.

[ribbert]

Many folk recommend adjusting the idle speed with a screwdriver, which is still a bit fiddly.  I find the easiest way (on a hot motor)  is with a gloved hand, either my winter riding glove or if at home a riggers glove (not too thick). You can also do it this way on the road in about 4 seconds once you've done it a few times and know exactly where to reach and what to feel.

[FJmonkey]

Many folk recommend adjusting the idle speed with a screwdriver, which is still a bit fiddly.  I find the easiest way (on a hot motor)  is with a gloved hand, either my winter riding glove or if at home a riggers glove (not too thick). You can also do it this way on the road in about 4 seconds once you've done it a few times and know exactly where to reach and what to feel.

I used to adjust mine with a screwdriver...Till I bent the adjusting screw!!! Bent it back straight sometime later when I had the tank off. Now I reach in with a glove on. I could jimmy up a tool using a right angle attachment. Too much effort for not having to adjust it very often.