XT600E carb sync setting
 

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me if the carb sync setting described in the Clymer manual for earlier XT's applies to a 1991 XT600E?

I think it states that the slide carb should open so that a 5mm drill bit can just pass under the slide when the linkage just touches the secondry carbs linkage.

When I took he carbs off the 600E it was more like 12mm, which seems like a huge difference, after stripping and cleaning the carbs I set it somewhere in between, so that the secondry carbs butterfly was just horizontal on full throttle.
Was this correct?

Thanks for any advice

Mark

I don't know about your model, but I set my 2003 model to Clymer book and it's fine. Judging by what I found when I looked at carbs, it had been set at the factory to the 5mm gap you describe.
Regards.

Thanks
 

Thanks Boxer for your reply.

I will try setting the carb sync to 5mm to see if it cures the strange behaviour I experience when changing down for a corner, then accelerating. It feels like there is way too much free play in the throttle cables as I start to accelerate again, but the cable free play is correct.

Mark

check the cable routing. Often leads to the problem your having. Also check the throttle spring is conencted properly or the throttle return cable is adjusted right !