POLL: Idle Screw People ONLY

[MiamiDave]

POLL: Idle Allen Screw Fix People ONLY

Dragline708 was curious and asked me to post this:

You can only vote if you have TRIED the Idle Allen Screw (IAS)!!

Don't play games and click for nothing b/c the computer don't know either!

We need an honest snapshot of this...

Again, if you haven't tried the ALLEN IDLE SCREW FIX DON'T VOTE!!

And do NOT VOTE IF YOU USED TUNEBOY/PC3 to alleviate the problem. I have both and it never fixed my idle problem (which existed before modifications as well).

Thank you for your time 8)

 

[dragline708]

MiamiDave ,
Thanks for making poll .
Orginal PM to dave :

Dave ,
I would do it if I knew how
Do me a favor make a POLL .
Say this exactly... before you cast a vote
If you have TRIED ... the Allen Idle screw Fix
THEN YOU CAN VOTE .... if you haven't tried the
ALLEN IDLE SCREW FIX .... at all DON'T VOTE
survey is to see how many people , have tried it
and are happy

ONLY VOTE IF YOU HAVE TRIED IT

O YES worked great

O No didn't help @ All

If you used tuneboy to get idle right don't vote !
not everyone has tuneboy .... but everyone can turn a screw

wayne

 

[MiamiDave]

I gave you credit 'brah... :wink:

 

[Jethro]

I voted, I'll give you a hint, I'm going to the dealer on Tuesday.

 

[Stormrider]

I voted "No" as the problem still exists on my bike. But when the problem was getting severe enough that I had to do something, it was dying everytime I let go of the throttle no matter the RPM. This means while in traffic at speed and someone would cut in front of me, forcing me to let off the throttle quickly and maybe hitting the brakes, I would be left with a dead engine and having to restart while still moving on the highway. Dealer had no clue what to do except tell me I was the only one with this problem. I ended up adjusting the screw so that the bike would idle at 850rpm and this stopped the bike from dying. However, I still have idle problems during "maintainence throttle" when your not requiring the engine to work very hard. Then the ECU seems to have no clue of what to do and just sputters and spits. As soon as I throttle up - the beast is back and raring to go. Dealer thought is was my choice of gas brands... or the fuel filter.... If that was true, I would think it would prove out with the harder I asked the bike to work, not at idle.
Adjusting the idle screw only stopped the bike from idleing below what it should and then, in turn, dying. It is a "quick fix" but doesn't solve the problem.

 

[MiamiDave]

I agree it is a fix-and not necessarily solving the problem.

There are several different things going wrong at once I think, causing a variety of synptoms.

By raising the idle slightly it eliminates some of the tidbits that cause these malfunctions. If the tuneboy could raise the idle manually, than this would also be a cure. However, not even Triumph diagnostics can raise the idle (I've been told).