idle air screw

[oberon]

This may sound crazy but my blast has droped the idle air screw twice. Should I put some locktight on it?

 

[jetlee]

No, put the spring on it.

 

[oberon]

at first the o ring was missing. So I bought a repack kit. Took it for a quick ride around the block and it would not idle when I get it back home. So I took a quick look and the screw had droped out. Replaced the screw and another repack kit, and it happened again

 

[jetlee]

Did you put the spring on it and adjust it properly? When installed properly, there is a lot of tension on that screw, it does not simply fall out.

 

[oberon]

I tightened it lightly and then backed it out 2.5 turns

 

[snrusnak]

Do you have the spring on it?????

 

[jetlee]

Do you have the spring on it?????

This still remains unanswered.

You need to tighten it all the way down, it will get very tensioned before you actually bottom it out.

 

[oberon]

I have the spring washer and o-ring on it

 

[oberon]

I put some teflon tape on the screw and it hasent moved at all.

 

[snrusnak]

good!

 

[jetlee]

Something isn't right if the spring tension does not hold it in place.

Teflon is merely a band-aid for another problem.

 

[oberon]

Maybe the screw was machined bad. I had seen on a other forum that a few people had issues with the thumb screw falling out. So they were putting teflon on it. This is the stock type of screw though