Stock carb leaking.

[harrington81]

Hi guys. They’re is a small leak of fuel coming off the bulb on the carb. I’m gonna replace it. Should I upgrade the carb that has the low speed needle? Is it hard to adjust it? They’re is no choke either.
Thanks.

 

[RickDizzle]

I personally have the 2 needle "aftermarket" carb. I also do not run a choke. No need to in my opinion and the design can cause it to close when running. I personally have had no issues adjusting my carb thanks to the help of others on here. Also have not noticed much of a difference either with it vs stock.

 

[harrington81]

Ok thanks! If I have to I’ll just buy a stock carb. Have u had any problems with the bolts having loads of thread lock on them. Some of them are really on there.

 

[RickDizzle]

Oh yeah. Check out my build thread. Heat and patience are your friend. Almost everything had way too much thread lock.

 

[harrington81]

Ya. I just bought a decent torch for next time.

 

[RickDizzle]

I tried a pen torch...didnt even touch em. Our peers on here recommended a heat gun...that was the ticket for me. If you have a big enough torch you will probably be good...but a small pen torch for me was a no go.

 

[harrington81]

Ah ok. Good to know. When running do u lean out the high speed needle just a touch?

 

[RickDizzle]

From the stock setting, yes, I had to lean out my high speed needle a a good bit. I just kept leaning it slowly 1/16 at a time until I was happy. My truck wasn't transitioning well from low to high speed and would kind of fall flat. @Seandonato73 advised I lean it out from where it was at. Sure enough...runs perfect now. I got it running really good and then turned the needle back 1/16 a turn to richen it...just to be safe. No issues since.

 

[harrington81]

Sounds good. Thanks for the advise. I’ll be asking u more questions in the future when I get to drive it more.

 

[RickDizzle]

For sure! Most of us that have had the Raminator for a lil bit have acquired a good amount of knowledge and learnings from it. Feel free to ask and I will answer what I know and others are sure to help as well.

 

[harrington81]

Thanks.

 

[harrington81]

Got a question. My break discs don’t move around and float like when new. They’re kinda fixed on the shaft with little movement. Not sure if this is normal?

 

[RickDizzle]

Could be a couple things, is the disc bent from hitting a rock(s), how loose was it when installed? Mine were pretty tight and I used a dremel to open them up a bit. Lastly the drive shaft pin could have backed out a bit, thus causing the disc to now have no play as the disc sits over the pin. Take a look and see where the binding is happening preventing movement.

 

[harrington81]

Got it! The drive shaft pin was a bit to long so I grinded a bit off. All good now

 

[deathrawt]

When I got my ram last spring it had the carb with the low speed needle adjustment on it from factory
I thought it was a running change that they did on the third batch?

 

[harrington81]

Ya I’ve been looking at it and I think your right. Tried turning it but it needs some force.

 

[harrington81]

I have a bent front axle shaft now. Gotta order more parts.

 

[RickDizzle]

How did you manage that?

 

[harrington81]

Not really sure. I had it propped up centred on plastic tool chest to work on. It tipped over and fell and I think that’s what did it. Mabye a foot high. When I spin the axle u can see the end that attaches to the wheel hex is bent. Really weird.

 

[harrington81]

How in the world do u get these bolts off. I tried using the heat gun like u said and it won’t work. I can’t get the gun close enough to where the thread lock is to melt it. Very frustrated with this thing.