spring or no spring

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billy192
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spring or no spring

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hi,
I am stripping a 1980 R80/7 and removed the carbs and stripped for a ultra sonic clean. they are bing 64-2 type carbs. all other CV carbs i have worked on have a long spring n the centre lifting the slide. but,,, there is no spring in either carb and looking at the manual i think it suggests on my flat toped carbs there is no spring. so am i correct in thinking there is no spring?

mine is the centre pic
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gspd
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flat top = no spring
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melville
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Some of them do have it and some of them don't.

My dome top #64 carbs (32mm) don't have the spring but my #94 carbs (40mm) do have the spring.
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barryh
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Definitely no spring on the flat tops. Mine didn't have the springs from new.

The design purpose of a spring where fitted was not to close the slide but to tune the response of the carb - basically an accelerator pump effect that provides some initial enrichment when the throttle is opened.
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billy192
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thanks guys,
i now 2 new springs spare
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