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Okay guys, this is a nutty situation. I have been trying to get my Bayou to idle and accelerate properly. I found the easiest way to adjust the mixture screw on the bottom of the carb is to loosen it slightly and twist the carb to access the screw on the bottom of the carb. Not having much luck, but today one time I forgot to straiten the carb back to the correct position and the bike ran great! With the carb sitting at a 45 degree angle. Does this mean maybe the float is set too low and not allowing enough fuel into the carb? I feel like this is trying to point me in the right direction. Lol

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Maybe the rotation of your carb affected the sealing nature of the choke connector's threaded nut?  Depending on what year your Bayou is, it may have a Mikuni with a choke connector that is a plastic housing for holding the choke in the carb. My 1996 Bayou 300 had worn threads over the years and caused the connector to come loose and leak air. OEM replacement fitting was unavailable and a China knock-off didn't fit correctly(design didn't allow the threads to turn independent of the internals.) Check to make sure that choke connection is tight, without it connected tight, it will run terrible. Maybe the rotation of your carb affected the sealing nature of the choke connector's threaded nut?  

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You may be right. It was the original Mikuna carb. The Chinese knock off wouldn't allow the engine to start at all. I took that one apart and found the hole in the throttle body plugged up with what looked like metal shavings. Got her running good now.

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1 hour ago, Alphamonk said:

Go to Partzilla and look up the part number for each. If the part numbers match, you're good to go.

Great info, ill do that!

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