QuestionQUESTION: my friend has 1997 wide glide and is experiencing a blue flame out of his carb inlet. He had some mechanic rejet his bike and replaced filter with a k&n . ever since, it will hesitate when excel orating he sprayed some wd-40 to see if there were any leaks at the manifold but idle was still steady.First of all is this a lean condition? What should I do first it been a while since working on a carb model.
I want to be prepared cause he lives pretty far from where i live.
ANSWER: Pull your plugs and let me know what color they are. Also, are you running a stock carb? Why was he rejetting the carb?
Mike
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QUESTION: The front plug is white and rear some white is showing. He was told that when installing a k&n filter he needed to re-jet carb and he has a stock carb with a v&h exhaust.
ANSWER: Since your plugs are white then you are running lean, whick will cause the problem you are having. Sounds like the mech did not rejett correctly.
Good luck and happy riding
Mike
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QUESTION: What would be a good starting point for jet # for pilot jet 45? and do i have to replace the main jet also?
AnswerIf it were me I would install a Dyna-jet kit. It will guide you through picking the correct jets, give more throttle responce and richen the bike back up to where it should be. Its east to install, so you can do it yourself
Good luck and happy riding
Mike
