will not stay running without the coke level a little bit up, cleaned the carb all the jets and it still does not want to stay running at idle with choke off, it does run rough the the choke on if you give it gas,,, the quad sits most of it's life any ajustment on choke that would help,,,, any help would be great, it going to snow tomorrow and i need to get it going
thanks

 

Sounds like a classic case of a clogged idle (pilot) jet. Happens all the time when they sit around unridden. Most folks clean the main and forget the idle. Replace it if you can't get it clean.

 

i cleaned all four, three on botton by the bowl, and the last one up by were the fuel comes in,,,any other ideas

 

My Foreman did that one time.I primed the carb a few times and it fired right up..On the side of the carb my foreman had a Primer like looking thing on the side of the carb..Yours my and may not??Its worth trying..Hope it helps.

 

Honda seems to call the pilot/idle jet the slow jet in their service manuals.

I have never had to tear into my Rancher carb, but on my 400EX the "slow" jet is right next to the main/needle jet.

 

do you think its possible that the choke cable and or the choke spring and needle assembly may be at fault, when i move the cable around when its running it like to turn off.

 

Yes, the part inside the carb, attatched to the end of the choke cable may be hanging open. This is called a starter valve, or choke plunger. It may not be seated all the way in the bottom of its bore.

Another issue could be the fuel air screw. If it was removed an o-ring may have been lost during cleaning and you have an air leak. Also if it was not removed (fuel air screw, spring, washer, o-ring) and the passage from it to the slow jet blown through and cleaned, this may be your problem also

----- Gregg -----