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PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND MINOR REPAIR
Adjusting the carburetor
The carburetor is an important part of
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the engine and requires very sophisti-
cated adjustment. Therefore, most
carburetor adjustments should be left
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to a Yamaha dealer, who has the
necessary professional knowledge
3
and
experience.
described in the following section,
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however, may be serviced by the
owner as part of routine mainte-
5
nance.
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The carburetor has been set and
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extensively tested at the Yamaha
factory. Changing these settings
without sufficient technical knowl-
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edge may result in poor perfor-
mance of or damage to the engine.
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Adjusting the engine idling
speed
The engine idling speed must be
checked and, if necessary, adjusted
as follows at the intervals specified in
the periodic maintenance and lubrica-
tion chart.
The
adjustment
NOTE:
A diagnostic tachometer is needed to
make this adjustment.
1. Attach the tachometer to the
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2. Start the engine and warm it up
NOTE:
The engine is warm when it quickly
responds to the throttle.
spark plug lead.
for
several
minutes
1,000–2,000 r/min while occa-
sionally revving it to 4,000–5,000
r/min.
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b
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1. Throttle stop screw
3. Check the engine idling speed
and, if necessary, adjust it to
specification by turning the throt-
tle stop screw. To increase the
engine idling speed, turn the
screw
in
at
decrease the engine idling speed,
turn the screw in direction b.
Engine idling speed:
1,250–1,350 r/min
NOTE:
If the specified idling speed cannot
be obtained as described above,
have a Yamaha dealer make the
adjustment.
a
a.
direction
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