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Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:32 pm
by mults14
Hi all, I am very excited to have started my cbx for the first time and started to fiddle with the carb adjustment screws. In my inexperience I backed the nut out all the way and of course lost it. I have spent a couple of days looking for it. But have finally resigned to the fact that I will need to replace it. I found a m5 x 0.8 but it won't thread in which leads me to believe it has a 0.9 pitch. Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks,

Neil

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:22 pm
by daves79x
Can't say for sure, but troll a magnet around under the carbs in all the nooks and you'll likely pick up the wayward nut.

Dave

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:48 pm
by Jeff Bennetts
Or clean a space in the garage and use a long reach blow gun, turn the regulator down on your compressor so if you dislodge it, it doesn't end up halfway across your garage.

Maybe you'll luck out like I did today, I replace all the rocker arms and pivots on my wife's jeep today, I was checking for TDC on a cylinder with a long 1/4 in extension and dropped it down the spark plug hole :o lucky for me it was just a puss hair from the bottom of the spark plug threads in the head and didn't fall into the cylinder and out of site. :clap:

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:52 pm
by Mike Nixon
It's a super fine thread. I have a nut if you need one.

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:29 pm
by Larry Zimmer
Hi, Neil,

If it is a 5mm thread, you likely looking at a 0.5 pitch.

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:07 pm
by mults14
Well I drug a magnet between carbs 5&6 with no luck, I also built a little containment tent around the carbs and tried to blow it out with no luck. Mike can I take you up on your offer?

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:22 pm
by daves79x
It might be between the fins of the cylinder. Try blowing up through them from the front. Also drag the magnet over the top of the crankcase - there are several places there for the nut to hide. I'm sure you'll find it.

Dave

Re: Adjustment screw nut thread pitch

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:05 pm
by Mike Nixon
Gotta ask, what you are doing disassembling your sync mechanisms on the bike? We are talking the sync screw locknut, right? Send me a SASE. Email me at mikenixon [at] earthlink [dot] net for the address.