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This is probably a really stupid question. Maybe it's been asked before, but here is goes...

I am pretty new to the ins and outs of dirt bikes, and since I am young, I am not the most mechanically inclined person in the world. I became the proud owner of a 2007 CRF250R this summer and my riding ability has come a long way from when I rode my brother's KX65 earlier this year. I recently purchased a JD Jetting Kit from CRF's Only and had a question about installing the needle.

When installing the needle (I am installing the red one for warm weather riding since the bike will not be ridden this winter - wrestling season), the stock needle was in place in the slide. I used an extended ratchet wrench to extract the entire slide/needle unit from the stop of the carb. Being an idiot, I failed to pay attention to how the stock needle was positioned in the slide and took it apart before taking note of how I would need to put it back together again and now I am stuck.

The stock needle looks different than the JD needle. The JD needle simply has the seven clip positions while the NBKT needle has a top (sits inside of the slide), and a subsequent long shaft which leads to five clip positions. From what I can tell, the slide is composde of two gold parts: a hexagonal top part with a threaded end (screws into the top of the carb.), and a smaller "end" with a spring and circular base (is inserted into the bottom of the top/previously described part). See link below for a similar picture.

http://crfsonly.com/howto/450x/jetting/ ... tainer.jpg

How does the JD needle sit in the slide?

Do I just put the needle into the hole at the top of the carb. and put spring/hex thing above it?

Sorry for all ove my terminology inaccuracies adn for any parts of this post that are hard to understand. thanks for any and all help!

Jon

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I hope you got that answered Joe, sorry for the delay.
The new Honda needle just has that little knob on it to make it easier to get ahold of, your JD needle will work fine. Doug