Help: need carb (needle) for DR650SE

[Beddhist]

Hi,

That was fast! I already have two offers of help. Thanks heaps to everybody. Here is what happened:

Everything was going just fine until yesterday when my old bike almost stopped. Today I found that the carb slide had worn to the point that the needle had sheared off. I can now only ride at max. 40km/h or full throttle. :whistle:

The plastic part inside the carb that is worn is not available as a spare part, so the carb is a write-off in the long run.

Now, to get mobile again and complete our trip around NZ I need either a complete carb or at least a needle. Suzuki has no carb parts in stock at all.:brick: Bike Force, the shop here in Rotorua has been extremely helpful and has phoned around the remaining wreckers, but no luck.

So, if anybody could help me find either part I would be most grateful.

The bike is a model SP46, so a carb from any DR650SE from 1996 onwards should fit.

Thanks heaps folks :not:
Peter.

[clint640]

I just called Peter, I have some used parts that should get him going & will drop them off to him this afternoon - my KTM has the same carb & I gave it a rebuild a few months back, luckily I kept the old bits.

Cheers
Clint

[NordieBoy]

So Peter, did you get it all going properly?

[Beddhist]

Clint's needle turned out to be different and made the bike run too rich, but his old slide guide was good. Mine had worn through to the metal. Fran posted his s/hand original needle, which improved things, but now the bike was running too rich at the top end. Couldn't even overtake a truck uphill. When we visited Fran in Nelson he generously gave me a needle jet, but strangely, now it runs too lean just off idle. I raised the float level and the needle is in the top position. It's sort of OK, just tricky stuff becomes a little more tricky. Making the idle as rich as possible has also helped. I'm wondering whether I re-assembled something incorrectly, as everything is now back the way it was supposed to be, but it sure doesn't work like it did for the previous 180,000 km. I think I'm not going to fiddle with it any further - don't touch a running system.

Thanks to you both and also to Michael Ruegg in Katikati, who provided advice, tools and hospitality in an attempt to sort it out.

Kind regards,
Peter & Su.

[NordieBoy]

Is the clip on the top of the needle or 4th slot down from the top?

[Beddhist]

If the needle is up then the clip is down. ;)

[NordieBoy]

Mixture screw set ok?
Carb vacuum line ok?

[Beddhist]

As I said, I richened the idle mix as far as practical and this has helped. The vacuum port on the carb is plugged. I suspect that the cracked intake manifold has cracked further and is letting some air in. When I find some time I'll apply a bit of silicone to the outside and see whether this makes any difference. Right now the weather is so bad I'm not going near the bike!

[NordieBoy]

Spray some WD40/CRC over the manifold when it's running. You'll soon know if it's leaking.

[Beddhist]

Excellent tip, thanks. I'll try that.

Again many thanks for all your help.

Cheers,
Peter & Su.