Please help - where do these go?

[neil]

Hi,

I recently bought my first bike, a 1981 xs400 heritage special.
It has been in storage for quite some time...

I took apart and cleaned the carbs, soaked them and put them a back together. The bike runs now.

My problem :

I was straining out my soaking liquid and at the bottom in all the gunk, I found 2 tiny springs (a bit larger than the choke ball spring) , 2 tiny metal washers (brass?) and 2 tiny rubber gaskets.

Please see attached picture.

Can anyone tell me where they might go? I was very attentive and detailed while disassembling but these must have stuck in the carbs and come off while soaking.

Thanks for any help , glad to have found this site.

 

[xschris]

Those go to the pilot mix screws. It should be assembled screw, spring, washer then o-ring. Did you remove all the rubber parts from the carbs before soaking them including the butterfly shaft seals? If not they could be damaged and cause air leaks.

 

[neil]

Oh great! Yes those must have stayed inside after I removed the screws.

Thank you very much xschris !

No I did not remove the butterfly shaft seals, I soaked it in a very diluted pinesol water mixture. Everything else was apart.

Much appreciated.