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can i take the bowl off my zenith-bendix carb & set the needle valve or what ever with it still on the bike ????
also i was using the air hose around the carb & i blew some air around the bowl & i bunch of gas came out of the front of the carb ???????
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can i take the bowl off my zenith-bendix carb & set the needle valve or what ever with it still on the bike ????
also i was using the air hose around the carb & i blew some air around the bowl & i bunch of gas came out of the front of the carb ???????
Yes you can but to be accurate it is better removed and flipped upside down, grab a 3/16" drill bit and use it as a gauge to set the float end gap, blowing High Pressure Air to the Carb Inards may result with Gas in your face...
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there is a overflow hole on the bowl; if you blow air into it, it fuel will blow up the jet and out of the carb.

I also feel you will be better off doing the valve adjustment right the first time.
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ok i took the carb off the bike took the bowl off & there is no float spring or needle spring or any thing not even a broken one
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