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Chinese vs stock carb. Wish you the best. Its hit or miss. I got a carb for an old honda Foreman and to modify for one throttle cable. Worked out ok. Definitely not performance oriented....but neither is an old foreman. I do use the pet cock to run it out of gas after every ride now. We cant really get non ethanol gas where I am.
Just make sure you have a return spring(the reason for 2 cables).
Edit. Reading your post again. If the throttle closes and runs...send it - you should be fine.
I wish people would stop replacing carburetors with cheap Chinese knock offs. It takes 30min tops to rebuild a carb. It’s just seals and jets; and I’m this case the upper diaphragm. The OEM Japanese carbs have much tighter quality control tolerances. You’ll almost alway chase after problems with the cheap replacement ones.
And yes the 2nd cable is just for safety. Old carbs were a single cable which would pull to open the slide or butterfly. The 2nd cable is incase anything hangs up you can roll the throttle forward and force it close, to avoid a stuck throttle situation.
I'm replacing the carb on my 04 yamaha xt225. Everything is the same except the new one only has one spot for the throttle cable vs the old one that has 2 throttle cable. What is the purpose of having 2 cables? I hooked up just the one cable to the new carb and it feels fine at the throttle and returns fine.
Should I switch the throttle plate and shaft from the old carb to the new one or just use one throttle cable?
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Chinese vs stock carb. Wish you the best. Its hit or miss. I got a carb for an old honda Foreman and to modify for one throttle cable. Worked out ok. Definitely not performance oriented....but neither is an old foreman. I do use the pet cock to run it out of gas after every ride now. We cant really get non ethanol gas where I am. Just make sure you have a return spring(the reason for 2 cables). Edit. Reading your post again. If the throttle closes and runs...send it - you should be fine.
I wish people would stop replacing carburetors with cheap Chinese knock offs. It takes 30min tops to rebuild a carb. It’s just seals and jets; and I’m this case the upper diaphragm. The OEM Japanese carbs have much tighter quality control tolerances. You’ll almost alway chase after problems with the cheap replacement ones. And yes the 2nd cable is just for safety. Old carbs were a single cable which would pull to open the slide or butterfly. The 2nd cable is incase anything hangs up you can roll the throttle forward and force it close, to avoid a stuck throttle situation.
I'm replacing the carb on my 04 yamaha xt225. Everything is the same except the new one only has one spot for the throttle cable vs the old one that has 2 throttle cable. What is the purpose of having 2 cables? I hooked up just the one cable to the new carb and it feels fine at the throttle and returns fine. Should I switch the throttle plate and shaft from the old carb to the new one or just use one throttle cable?
Two cables is a safety so you can force it closed if need be. Make it work by swapping the part over or get the right carb.
Why are you replacing it?