Denny and Karttek, I took your advice and disconnected the throttle cable. Started it up, and it idled just fine! It appears that the cable is about an 1/8" too short. Maybe the new carb had a slightly different position on the throttle plate? Now i just need to get this cable adjusted...
Thank you for the responses! They are very much appreciated! Carb seems to be installed nice and tight and the throttle cable doesn't appear to be maladjusted. I still can't rule out the choke, but I'm not sure how to test it. I'm also going to examine everything on the intake side including...
Thank you for the welcome! I'm attaching an image of my carb. The air screw is set to factory at 2 3/8 turns and the idle is screw is backed off to it's lowest setting. I've been wondering if a possible culprit is a faulty choke signal. It's equipped with an automatic choke, but I'm not sure...
I'm hoping someone is able to shed some insight on why my kart is idling so high. I've got the carbureted Trailmaster 300 XRX. I purchased it new, and I've put about 400+ miles on it. The high idle issue started after I replaced the carburetor. My old caburetor had been giving me trouble...