• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Correct jet sizes for a rich-running 2007 TE450

WrestleMania

WrestleMania

Husqvarna
B Class
Esteemed fellow riders -

Parts fiche calls for a #180 main jet and #50 idle jet. My 2007 Husky TE450 has these, however it is experiencing the issues below. Am I misreading the fiche? Could it be an electrical problem? What's your opinion?

Symptoms:
  • Starts easy and runs well cold
  • Runs rich, smells rich, atrocious gas mileage
  • When hot, chopping the throttle stalls the engine
  • Also stalls easily in low RPM conditions (tight trails, etc.)
  • Idle does not change when adjusting mixture screw
Troubleshooting:
  • Disassembled FCR carburetor. Very clean inside :confused: Cleaned all parts again.
  • Checked for aftermarket jets. They are factory afaik (#180, #50).
  • Carb diaphragm base plate was warped due to over-tightening. Replaced both diaphragm and base plate, squirts like a snake now.
  • Carb floats were set high. Adjusted to lower setting.
  • Needle clip set to 5. Changed to 4.
  • JB welded a superficial crack in the main jet housing
She's a pain-in-the-ass Craigslist bike but when it runs properly, it's the bomb. Appreciate your advice here.
 
You gave out a couple good bullet points above but I am not the Ace here on CARB stuff... I'd look at the plug color at the low, middle, and Wide-Open throttle settings and jet there accordingly ...I have no clue on what jetting sizes you might need to go downward towards to get rid of a rich setting ..

Did changing the needle clip settings change anything?

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If the idle jet or main jet have ever been cleaned with steel wire or drill bits, they could be enlarged enough to make the bike run way rich. I had a carbed bike with this problem some years ago. The jet sizes stamped on the jets were correct but when I got new jets of the same size, they were much smaller holes than the wallowed out jets.
 
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