[isaac]

Eh? I just wrote that I welded on my own alignment pin in the same place as the original one and put it all together and it runs fine, spark wise. The flywheel is aligned and isn't going anywhere. The starter clutch explosions have come from the three bolts that hold it all in place backing out and hitting the side of the engine and ripping apart. I fixed this by grinding down my own grade 8 bolts and using locktite.

Now it's just visibly running rich and lean. This is made obvious by the bike's response to starting fluid while running. When it's running rich (and gas is flowing out of the front of the carb while this happens) the bike will die if I spray starting fluid. When it's running lean, it gets noticeably better when I spray starting fluid. When I'm riding the bike for the 30 seconds at a time that it's running right, it has full power through the entire powerband. Then it either floods or runs out of fuel. Then depending on how the bike is feeling I either need to start on full choke, no choke at all, or no choke + twisting the throttle. Then it acts normal again.

I'm sure I could fix the fueling issue by just buying another carb but that'd suck considering all the time I've invested on troubleshooting this damn thing.