I'm reviewing the strider thread on cleaning and overhauling the carbs. in section 4- carb. R&R(st1100) and in the paragraph "reasons to change the pilot and main jets", the author suggests that the initial number of turns out should be 1 7/8ths turns out. on my own bike I had the carb bowls off for, the first time ( p.o. might of had some reason to do this, but since I don't know who this is, I can't contact). this, just a few weeks ago and the pilot jets were All turned in all the way. since I was just intending to clean them, I returned the jets to the same position(s). up this point I never had reason to question the carb performance, other than I wasn't totally happy with the gas mileage. ( something that seemed at the time to be a fair trade off to get back into the good weather riding season.) now I'm going back in with the intention of cleaning and rebuilding the carb set. ( this will include new pilot jets this time. my question is- are my current p.jets in the wrong position, or is the quoted number of suggested turns out in error? the pilot jets are #38's and will be replaced with the same
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