The air cleaners came today so I went about getting the carbs/cleaners/covers installed. At first, things seemed to be going well.
But I soon realized I had a couple of problems.
The threaded rod I have seems way short. I've worked on a CB350 before and I know there's not a lot of extra length to play with, but this one isn't even close. I only had one air filter to tube rubber, so I used a big O-ring I had on the RH side. I thought maybe that was keeping the filter(s) from seating properly against the tube so I removed it. Even with only one O-ring and metal to metal on the RH side, the rod is short.
When I install the metal covers, there's no way the rod is fitting through. And yes, I checked and double checked that the filters and covers are seated as tight as they can be. The rod I have is 9 11/16" or ~246 MM long.
But I have a bigger problem with the carb(s).
The choke coupling seems to be installed wrong. It simply will not stay clipped to the LH carb. And it seems to foul the breather tube that runs down the backbone of the frame AND the throttle linkages on the carbs.
Here's a picture I took when I first removed the carbs for cleaning. I noticed then that the choke butterflies were out of sync.
I never removed the choke attachment/arm from the RH carb; I only loosened it on the bench and rotated it just enough to sync the choke plates.
But now that they're on the bike, something doesn't seem right. To turn the choke ON, the spring has to go down like this, at which point it pops off the LH carb and starts hitting the breather tube.
But to turn OFF the choke and open the butterflies, it goes like this and it starts fouling the throttle arms, especially on the RH side.
My bike came with pods and the breather is run down the backbone of the frame and behind the engine. Is this in the correct place?
