It's better if those pins are really clean and able to move freely so that no matter how much or how little it moves laterally, the float isn't affected. It to can move freely on the pin. If it happens again just tap the bowl lightly with the handle of a screw driver. I use a light hammer and hammer and screw driver for the two inner most carbs, Graham
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 18, 2015, at 07:12, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The bowl holds it in place. They are not directional, they just slide in > either side. IDK how that happened. > > Allen Thomas > >> On Apr 18, 2015 5:45 AM, "Daniel Conder" <danielcon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Recently I rebuilt and re-synced carbs on 1983 CB650. I had to go rescue my >> son when he reported the number 4 carb flooding. I removed the bowl (on >> bike) and saw that the float pin had shifted. I slid it back to the middle >> and checked the and tested the float. Put it all back and now we are good. >> My question is what can be done to prevent the pin from moving over time? Is >> there something I am supposed to crimp to prevent this? Did I reassemble >> something wrong? Is there a right and wrong direction on the pin? Or a right >> or wrong side to remove it from? I am a little leery that it or any one of >> the carb float pins might shift again making the float stick. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
