How do you get to the carburetor float bowl drain screw?

tedsesr · Post by **tedsesr** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:40 am

I've practically removed the entire rear shell of my Buddy 150 to include the seat and cannot access the float bowl drain screw. There has to be an easier way?

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:30 pm

You need a really long screwdriver and you can get an angle on it.

Kevinpsu160 · Post by **Kevinpsu160** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:10 pm

Like the previous post-- You need a long screw and need to come at it at an angle from outside of the plastic pieces. It may help to loosen the two clamps that hold the carburetor in place so you can rotate the carb down a little so you have a better angle.

lovemysan · Post by **lovemysan** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:44 pm

Easiest way is pull the seat bucket, loosen the 2 clamps holding the carb, Twist the carb and use a shorter screwdriver to loosen. Takes about 3 minutes or less.

bigmike7801 · Post by **bigmike7801** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:45 pm

What about using an offset screwdriver with a long enough blade?

bigmike7801 · Post by **bigmike7801** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:57 pm

Also something like a small ratchet screwdriver might work too with an extension.

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avescoots1134 · Post by **avescoots1134** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:50 pm

Loosening the two clamps holding the carb and turning it to access the drain screw is spot on. Easy.

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:49 pm

avescoots1134 wrote:Loosening the two clamps holding the carb and turning it to access the drain screw is spot on. Easy.

It's late in the month, so I'm going to nominate this for post of the month. It sounds so easy, but I guarantee you I'd have gotten in there and torn my hands up without thinking to do that. As you say, Easy! Thanks for posting this and any other hints you have even if they seem obvious to you, because they're not obvious to me and I'm certain I'm not the only one.

avescoots1134 · Post by **avescoots1134** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:06 am

jrsjr wrote:
avescoots1134 wrote:Loosening the two clamps holding the carb and turning it to access the drain screw is spot on. Easy.
It's late in the month, so I'm going to nominate this for post of the month. It sounds so easy, but I guarantee you I'd have gotten in there and torn my hands up without thinking to do that. As you say, Easy! Thanks for posting this and any other hints you have even if they seem obvious to you, because they're not obvious to me and I'm certain I'm not the only one.

No problem! I maintain a fleet of 7 Buddy rentals on-top of the bikes that come through the service department. New Orleans has a whole lotta Buddies.