Who sells PWK [metal] idle adjust screws?

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Who sells PWK [metal] idle adjust screws?

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Sudco only lists plastic.
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only seen plastic ones with either a 3/8 wide 3/8 deep head, or a flat 3/8 dia with a slot
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KEIHIN-B ... ccessories
Here is an idle speed screw. Do you know anyone who sells mixture screws? Zip-ty want's $30.00 to ship one to Canada.
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I think I've adjusted the idle twice since I've built my bike...

The trick is to hold the throttle slightly open while doing so, as to not overstress the plastic.
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robertg wrote:Zip-ty want's $30.00 to ship one to Canada.
That Zip Ty air screw friggin' RULZ!!!!
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Robertg, Thanks for the link . $29.95.......... :roll: I'll have my local guy machine me one for [I'm betting] $10..................................... at most.

Zipbutfekers charged me $15 to get one to VT....that's last thing I'll have shipped from Zipbuttfekers bytheway. Like THAT couldn't have been mailed USPS for .70 cents.................... :roll: Oh well, their business, run it their way.
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Whoa, perhaps I was to hasty with my last post. I hadn't seen that the $29.95 screw had FREE SHIPPING!!.

Well that makes it a super duper deal.
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i need 2 of the airscres too :wink:
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and a spelling lesson by the looks of it
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I'll ask him about making up a bunch.....

My shipping charge will be ONLY $10. :twisted:
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That eBay link is $30.00 for two screws. I thought that was a deal considering one zip-ty screw would cost me over $50.00 shipped.
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Hang on a sec here, this link is for an idle screw, NOT the zip-ty "AIRSCREW". The airscrew is worth the $ and not something i'd make (yet). if we r talking airscrew i'm in
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this style piece, but fot the pwk's

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Zip-Ty-R ... 19b7d95901

replaces the brass slotted one at the lower back corner
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Got one but mine's better.....it's blue.

$30 for two.........I don't need two. I really don't need one but that doesn't stop me from wanting one.
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"NEED" is a word my wife can't relate to anything in the garage :lol:
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Post by bearorso »

For the idle screw I used M5 stainless threaded rod, duplicated the end taper of the plastic screw, then TIG'd a wing nut on - having duplicated the spring landing length.

The average bloke without a lathe & welder can easily use a grinder & either a high strength loctite or a lock nut against the wing nut. There's no need to pay someone else to have an easily reached, and referenced for position (as in , you don't have to look at it, or get off / stop your bike), idle screw.

I've a Zip Ty airscrew, but have araldited a small stainless tab into the screw slot for easy, non sighted setting reference.

As my riding ranges from sea level to about 3000 ft ( the Blue Mountains aren't very mountainous, but they can be vicious :roll: ), these 2 screws are about all I ever have to touch with regards to carb settings, but adjusting them makes a worthwhile difference in the tight stuff I ride - the wing nut & tab make it a no brainer to do.
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Bummer for you. My wife totally understands my need and love for my toys.
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