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I've seen these chips before. Clearly a sign of main jet bearing failure.
Metal shards in carb bowl
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mike996 said:"I should probably clean the pilot jets with compressed air. "
I learned a lesson recently that others have stated many times. Don't trust compressed air to clean out Amal pilot jets. I had suddenly developed an idle issue wherein adjusting the mixture screws was having no effect on one side. This occurred during a ride - the bike idled perfectly in the morning and on the way hope started popping at low rpm and stalling at idle. After checking other things I pulled the bowls (clean as a whistle) and the pilot jet screws and ran compressed air in the pilot jets. I put it back together and no change. I then took an appropriate diameter guitar string and cleaned both pilot jets. Problem eliminated!
The solution? learn to play the guitar!
Or, make friends with a guitar player who breaks a lot of strings :!:
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