Vforce2 reed cages/idle issue solved

slickerthanyou

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Have been having idling issues since rebuild. Mr Oconner originally found my inner reed cage loose as a goose and falling out because I had the reed spacer on after the cage (ya I'm an idiot). So we switched them around and sealed them all up, air leak tested and then all the crap happened with the slide on my OKO peeling the chrome off, so now that that problem has been solved, by awsome customer service from carb parts warehouse, I have been dialing in on the jetting. I've been having a hard time getting the idle jetting perfect, so off came the carb and I checked my reed cage again, to find some play in the inner cage , Not alot and no in and out just up and down a smidge. I bought this reed assemble off a local guy and had no idea there is another piece (cone shape piece like the V3 have) that I should of gotten and I would of never had that problem. When I removed the reed cage and looked at it there was a good 1/16 inch space all the way around where the inner cage seats on the outer part, well after dicussing with Awk, and Ken, Freek, and Noob- I decided to try and seal the inner cage to the outer with RTV. See the problem is if you use a gasket between the carb boot and the reed cage the inner reed cage will flop around and your gas, oil, air mix will leak past the reeds, thus giving me my problem, I still haven't figured out why it doesn't effect any other circut but, when I sealed it all up I had no problem getting idle dialed in took me two tries and it's running good.I:I
So if ya get V2's try to get the outer cone that goes with it and you should have no problems, otherwise you'll pull your hair out, and kill your liver trying to find out what the hell is going on. I:I
 
well my liver is already dead...soooo guess ill check that one off my list!!!!haha glad you got it runnin good bud...
 
had mine off the boys bike today bro, and left the gasket off, just used the stock cage, which has the built in rubber gasket, which pushes the inner part in tight with no play, so i used the copper rtv sh*t just as an extra measure to seal the 1/16th gap around there, and i believe the vf2's did not have the inner cone thingy like the vf3's???
my 2's dont have it either, but the vf3's in my bike does
thats prolly why they came out with the 3's, to correct this gap/floating problem in the 2's ????
 
i've heard the 2's are better, but i'd have to disagree after all this hokus pokus sh*t bob and i have been thru, i only bought the 2's cause they were for my sons budget build, used and cheap,
i spent the money for my bike and just got the 3's
 
had mine off the boys bike today bro, and left the gasket off, just used the stock cage, which has the built in rubber gasket, which pushes the inner part in tight with no play, so i used the copper rtv sh*t just as an extra measure to seal the 1/16th gap around there, and i believe the vf2's did not have the inner cone thingy like the vf3's???
my 2's dont have it either, but the vf3's in my bike does
thats prolly why they came out with the 3's, to correct this gap/floating problem in the 2's ????

I stand corrected. I now remember you sayin that. Have ya done a airleak test to see if it seals good? I'm gonna go out Sunday around here and see if i can fine tune that baby! I see if i can get some vids too!I:I