I swapped a predator 224 (very similar to Predator 212) onto my little Coleman mini bike. Everything worked great until I removed the flywheel to put on the coils for the headlight, and now it idles crazy fast. Literally nothing else changed. It worked and idled great before, but now it doesn’t. All I did was remove the flywheel housing, removed the flywheel, attached the coils and reassembled everything. I’ve checked for a stuck throttle linkage, and the throttle is bottoming out. Ive also checked vacuum lines, and all seems good there. I even took it all back apart and removed the headlight coils and put it all back to stock and I’m still getting the high idle. I’m hesitant to make any carb adjustments since it worked perfect before. Anything else you guys think I should look for? Thanks!
Predator Swap Idle Problems
- Thread starter Bludwig10
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Denny
Canned Monster
Make sure the throttle doesn’t stick. And cables are free.
madprofessor
"Loose Cannon Creations"
Don't be insulted by the simplicity of this suggestion, but have you disconnected every attachment of throttle linkage to the carb, making it 100% certain the carb is backing off completely? Assuming that you did, is the carb's linkage attachment bottoming out against the idle adjustment screw? If it is, what happens when you back the idle screw out?
Predator 212 No Idle Tech Tip #hotroddad #minibikes #vintageminibike - YouTube...............start at the 5:00 minute mark for adjustment.
NOTE TO ALL: I got a neat tip from the linked video above.............The wire of a twist tie (bread tie) like found on a loaf of bread is a perfect size (with the paper peeled off, of course) for cleaning out the orifice of a Predator low speed jet after popping it out from under the idle screw. I don't think any torch tip cleaner set I've ever bought had a cleaner wire that small.
Predator 212 No Idle Tech Tip #hotroddad #minibikes #vintageminibike - YouTube...............start at the 5:00 minute mark for adjustment.
NOTE TO ALL: I got a neat tip from the linked video above.............The wire of a twist tie (bread tie) like found on a loaf of bread is a perfect size (with the paper peeled off, of course) for cleaning out the orifice of a Predator low speed jet after popping it out from under the idle screw. I don't think any torch tip cleaner set I've ever bought had a cleaner wire that small.