Can anyone give me directions on how to get to and jet the stock carb the easiest on the DS?

 

Getting the float bowl screws out the first time without stripping the heads is a bitch. Once they're replaced with allen head cap screws jetting the DS is a piece of cake. The screws are evidently locktited and getting them out is really hard. I can rejet my DS in about 5 minutes. A Raptor takes hours.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

How do you get the screws out to get to the main jet, those four screws on the bottom are not coming out?

 

We've all been there. Vise grips might work. An impact driver can work too, but those are few and far between. Another way is to take a hack saw blade and cut a new slot in the head of the screw so you can use a flat screwdriver. And lastly, cut the head of the screw off with a hack saw blade and/or a dremel tool. Once the float bowl is off you can grab what's left of the screws with vise grips and back them out. Try to avoid any "compensatory damage", that is, only trash the screws, not the float bowl. Good luck, we feel for you. Every one of us has been through this.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

Place the carb on a sturdy surface.
Take the screwdriver place it in the screw and tap it with a hammer a few times.
This will loosen the screw.

Good luck.

Jon

 

Thanks for the help guys!

 

Make sure you don't put the screws in as tight as you THOUGHT they were in there before. You can strip them or worse the threads on the carb. Replace with allen head screws and you won't need to remove anything to get to them next time.

As said above, they are in tight because of LocTight NOT because they are just driven in that tight.

You can get an impact driver at Kregan or any other auto parts store for less than $15. You will need it when you go to bleed your oil after you change it. That screw is in there tight.

The vise grips work well for the stock screws. I picked up a set of small needle nose ones threw them into my Quad tool box.

I don't remove my carb for either a needle change or to move up/down the needle a notch.

Search for threads about jetting and you will find suggestions. Remember to adj. you fuel / air mixture screw once you re-jet.

Relax, you are not the only one.

 

Yeah we have all been there before.

I used the needle nose vice grips a very small pair and they worked like a charm. The screws looked really bad after taking them out. But the allens are the best thing to do. rejetting now is a 10 min proposition and I do it all the time when I go to the dunes.

Bat

 

You guys talk about sawing the screws if you strip them, but how do you get the throttle cable off the right side of the carb?

 

I posted some instructions on my webpage:

Stock carb removal diagram...

This might help.