hey i have an 86 zx1000 and took the carbs off for cleaning and rebuild whoever had been there before left out the o-rings on the mixture screws anyone know how many turns to set these at? thanks

 

My bike for instance wouldn't say in the clymer manual what to set the idle mix screws at. (The manual says the screws are factory set, and should not be adjusted.)After talking and posting about my problem, no one actually had a straight answer. It turns out that on my '81 KZ750 the more you turn the screw out, the leaner the mixture becomes. I was messing with the screw settings for sometime before it finally felt right.

I'm sorry I can't really give you a complete answer myself, hopefully someone else here knows for sure.

 

the screws were set initially at 3 1/8 turns out but there wasn't any orings in it the factory sealing plugs were removed. thanks though

 

I think turn them all the way in and then back out 1 1/2 turns

 

So your manual says that there are O rings?

 

The carbs on my bike have idle air mix screw O'rings under the screw head.