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to do or not to do.93 sport removed rotors to clean wheels.should i use loctite .

I had the unfortunate chance to see a broken idle mixture screw casting on a 88cc carb Is the fella out of luck of will J/B weld hold it? It broke right a the base of the carb at an angle. Not sure what to tell him just I would post it here. Have no idea what a factory HD carb would cost. He's hoping it would not be as much as the 42,44 or 25 but ya never know with HD. never used jb weld before but had it reccomended, itwill "hold up" to 600 degrees(figure) it it holds and the bike ends up 600 degrees he may have other problems . any ever tried this or used it?
all it does is hold the idle lix screw and it might have needed adjusted when he put the screaming eagle kit in. Actually I heard it running he went with a 48 slow and a 195 main and sounded good for about 30 seconds while...

I just purchased a set of Drag Specialties ACE bags off of E-bay for a screamin deal. The seller said that they would fit an 04 Fatboy, but when I went to the dealer looking for supports for these bags they said no way, they would only fit on 99 and earlier models. Is this because of the bullet turn signals on the new models?

i have come across a 1976 sporty 1000 complete engine that had low miles on it but it has not been turned over in about 15yrs or so....wondering what a fair price would be to offer him. he took it out of the bike to rebuild bike after laying it over and never put it back in the bike. put an evo in instead.
do not if it matters what area you live in but i am in kansas around wichita

Maybe if I rephrase the question, it'll make more sense than my earlier post...
My buddy has an SU Eliminator II carb on his chopper, and its spitting gas out of the throat under hard acceleration or just when revving the motor. I've been flying blind with this carburetor, as it seems to be quite different from the SU carbs I've worked on in the past. The biggest difference being the location and adjustment of the mixture needle. The bike didn't come with any information on this carb, and Yahoo! searches have been fruitless. Does anyone have any pointers how to adjust this carburetor? One of the guys here at work suggested that its a float level issue rather than a mixture issue, but I'm open to suggestions.

If all else fails, Plan B is to rebuild and reinstall the Zenith carb...