I removed the carb and cleaned it... but there was no E-Clip on the Jet Needle?
It is the BST 40 Carb... but no where in the manual does it show me the e-clip position.
Maybe it doesn't exist?
Your Help would be great..

 

3rd position-usually in the middle

 

I call them jesus clips cause when you loose them you say oh----- ditto on the 3rd or middle if its cold blooded and hard to start go down one on the needle also see if air-fuel screw on the bottom of carb is out 2.5 turns. may be covered by a brass cap, if so you need to drill through cap and screw a sheetmeta screw into it and pull it out with vice grips

 

If you had an e clip wear out you have other issues with that carb also. The engine vibrations are hard on that style of carb. Too many plastic parts, expensive to replace.

 

definitely look at ur slide in there. see how much it wiggles inside the carburetor and also the plastic that the slide moves on, if u have to replace one, u may as well replace the other

 

Well, Thanks for all your input... The E-Clip should be in position 3... The Needle Jet was wore and the e-clip was broken off in the diaphram chamber on top. This carb is a replaceable part $390.00 from bike bandit... No Way! Slotted the button head screws that hold the cover on the diaphram chamber and removed the spring, e-clip, and 2 plastic parts on the needle jet. Replaced all parts with new parts from dealer including putting phillips screw back into the cover. $30.00 for the parts. Job well done!
It's back together and purrs like a Polaris!

 

If the jet needle was worn then the needle jet is worn badly also. It needs to be replaced or it will still run rich.

 

Hi MYWAYOUT,

I'm stuck with the same problem you had last year. There's no way I can buy only the needle jet/jet needle from Polaris for that particular model. Do you remeber what part exactly you replaced?

 

You should be able to purchase any individual part or parts you wish from any dealer or most online stores that carry oem parts. If fact, if you wanted to go through the trouble, you could buy each individual peice and build a complete machine from any of these places. It would cost you more and probably be a real headache, but you should be able to get any parts you wish unless they were discontinued. Then they would have a replacement number which will supercede the original number. Call a dealer(or a different dealer) or check Cheapcyclewarehouse.com and see if they have it.

 

I believe I took all the parts to my dealer and he used the parts from off of a regular 500 I do not have the reciept anymore.... sorry.