What the heck! Died on me....

[usmcgunnerm4]

Hi all,

I'm pretty sure I need to pop open the carb and clean it out really well, maybe reseat the idle jet but......

I had a great time on the trike, rode it through the mud, over some pretty nice obstacles, through some great trails, and rode for over 4 hours at a time, 2 days in a row. ON THE WAY BACK.....

I'm riding along a dirt road, cruising about 45, and the trike just all of a sudden loses power.....starts slowing down.... giving it throttle just keeps it from slowing down faster......I pull off the side of the road, try to start it and....nothing. AGAIN!!! So, I pull off the tank, check the air flow, fuel flow, spark, and throttle. All are working and in order. So....it has to be a carb problem....and it is very similar to what happened before. I imagine that I will pop the bowl off of the carb and find the idle jet out of the hole. So...... I need a permanent fix to that jet coming out of there. Any ideas?

[WaimakRydah]

sure you didnt just run outta gas?

[usmcgunnerm4]

Hehe. Yeah, I'm sure. That was the first thing I checked.

[Dirtcrasher]

Are you running an inline fuel filter? thats one of the biggest problems with these older ATCs. Tank and petcock gunk clog up things at the worse time.....

[WaimakRydah]

perhaps your air filter is a tad dirty

[Russell 350X]

I bet you sucked something into the carb, plugging up a jet. Clean the carb again, make sure the air filter is clean and there is no junk in the tank. Do you run a inline fuel filter?

[usmcgunnerm4]

No inline filter. I am going to install one this weekend. Air filter is clean and new.

[money89tractors]

if it is the idle screw again, put a VERY small amount of loctite on it.

-Phil