Hey Huskybear,I just copied your,e mod on my 09 WB165 and was look,n close at your,e picks and it looks like your,e carb isn,t pushed in enouph at the intake boot,there is a ridge that the small end of the carb has to go against,part of me wishes I left my boot alone and I,m sure it will be fine,just wish I could have cut 1/2 inch off but, with the ridge you have no choice but to go 3/4 inch.Will be testing the carb soon and just around my lawn the bike feels great and so far I only had to lower the idle just a tad,cross my fingers and I won,t need to do much more.
Dave, that's a really good point/observation... it looks like huskybear has the longer carb that originally shipped before the 3mm trimmed version was available.
Good eye! my carb is the slightly longer version and is all the way into the intake boot. I have no regrets about cutting my air-boot,fits great and the carb is very easy to remove
