S&S Cycle - Super E & G Carburetor - Basic Setup 

It's probably over 20 years since I last set up a carb'. Skills long since forgotten; so I came in search of some instruction. Your video is perfect. Thank you.

10 year old video. And it's spot on. Thanks for sharing S&S. Bruce is awesome. I can totally understand him

Mr. Tessmer.......You gave me THE LIGTH with my carburetor. You have all my respect Sir !!!!!! Greetings from Ciudad de México.

This is the most informative, clear and concise video on carb adjustment I’ve seen. Thank you so much.

I commented before with a thumbs up and looked again to be sure I had it right. This is as good as it gets AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PEOPLE WHO SPEAK WESTERN ENGLISH ! He is such a clear speaker. Good job S&S I love my carburetor.

Thanks! Just rebuilt a Super E and found this vid (along with the schematic from the site) to be very helpful!

These videos are spectacular. A huge help on my '96 FXSTSB rebuild. Thanks, Mr. Tessmer!

I've rebuilt numerous carbs but I've never had to touch my E on my 1999 Indian CMC 88 cu. in. Great carb... thanks for video... love your product and your 88 cu.in engine also

Have a 94' Sportster that was bogging when I accelerated and went through the video and boom, fixed! thanks a ton!

Thanks, I had my Iron head sportster into two shops and came out bad each time. This morning I followed your video direction and in ten minutes had it running decent and in 20 had it running well. First shop changed jetted it out to 60 and the mixture screw bottomed and messed up the slot. The second thought it was electrical and tight pushrods and had the accelerator pump bottomed.

The S&S Super "E" is the Carter/Edelbrock AFB carburetor of the V-Twin world. IDK why so many folks hate on it. I understand that the Japanese Mikuni carbs are great and all but the S&S does the same job if you have them jetted & tuned right. Plus, it just fits/goes with/agrees with my American Hawg...💪🏾🇺🇲

s&s, thnx for the video, i picked up a used 02 heritage with the s&s carb. i was changing the plugs and noticed they were sooty black so i'm gonna check the mixture screw adj. it doesn't seem much different than any other carb i've worked on over the years.

This worked great on my tried and true S&S Super B on my 1983 FXWG Shovelhead ! Thanks for posting !

Thanks Bruce, did it just as you described and it's never run better.

This was such a great help! I turned my custom chopper the best it's ever ran. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much for an easy to understand lesson. My S&S G ran differently, for some unknown reason, after I completely rebuilt the EVO motor, so I needed some guidance which you gave in flying colors!

Your the man !! Thanks again, have urself a happy and safe new year!!!!

This helped me big time. My bike would only run if the choke was up a bit. After using this , now it runs perfect. Thanks

Thanks for this video. I've been banging my head trying to set up the S&S on my '77 Ironhead.

Thank you for the vid! I just bought an 86 electra with a new carb on it, but the settings were way off, making it hard to start in the mornings and would even backfire sometimes. Runs like a dream now!

This helped me! Bike was running very rich! Started at the baseline, now it’s running amazing

thank you for your help, register my S&S tomorrow

I just bought a 88 softail with this carb on it. This will be SO helpful man... thank you!!!! 👍

Great vid...worked like a champ on my Super E

Thank you S&S, because you posted this video, I now do not have to change my wifes carburetor! I made the adjustments you showed and the bike is running way better. You Rock!

I followed the instructions for my super e shorty on my 1994 FXR lowrider and it worked like a charm, (after cleaning). Dont be afraid.

You should make an instructional video on how to properly make an instructional video! 10/10 A+ Thank you Sir

Love that I get to dial my carb in and huff some air out of my nose.

This worked amazing on my 2003 sportster 1200!!! Much love

Excellent tutorial thank you very much

Thank you for all this.

I used to be a Harley rider with S&S E carb all the time. I'm sure it was the best carb ever met! I still shockingly remember the first time l changed to S&S E carb 20years ago. l realized the Harley was very fast and fun riding on highway! so l really wanna say thank you.👍

you are one smart cookie. You were right on. Thanks

Bloody hell, that actually made sense to me. Thanks a lot, not as scary as I thought!

Video was very helpful as i was not familliar much with the accelator pump settings or oe settings for my s&s super e when i bought it the bike ran like a dog due to somone not tuning it in properly

Thanks so much. No more drag racing. Im 63. But on the street thats a different story. Lol. Thanks again.

awesome! great job thank you!

Ive bought a used 98 heritage softail with a super G, and I´ve had issues with the idle on it. It would not run at idle without adjusting the enricher, but when warm it would use too much fuel. When I then turned the enricher down, I would stall at intersections and so on. Turns out the Idle mixture screw was screwed all the way in, and the idle speed screw wasn´t even touching the throttle stop. Before adjusting I had to buy an aftermarket tachometer to accurately see the RPM so I could adjust it correctly, as the heritage comes without it. Thanks for this video, it really helped me!

A kick-start! Golly mister, that sure is neat.

Yep, subscribed!!!

Hi Bruce thanks so much for the excellent videos you guys do so so helpful. I’ve just bought my first Harley! At 64🙈 it’s an old iron head xlh 1000 1984 stock but with the S&S super E on it Jets are 0.66 and 28 are theses correct for model as it runs rich ! Is there a web sit I can get some info on this ?

great video.thank you

32 years riding and always use S&S super E and there other products the best out there hands down !

I was a fool and adjusting the mixture screw thinking it was the idle speed screw since I’m used to cars where the idle speed screw is usually more pronounced and textured for finger adjusting. THANK YOU for sparing me cleaning spark plugs every week.....RIP my starter & battery....it was too late

Very useful, thank you

Always buy a new s&s complete kit. It has everything you need to set up a wonderful Harley. My 1985 FXRS Low Glide got a new E complete kit and it runs so great it brings me to tears sometimes.

Much appreciated....

bruce, so i put new ngk iridium plugs in got some fresh gas and adj . the mixture and idle screws and what a difference, way better. mixture was off just a little but big now AOK. thnx, steve

Love this stuff turns out the harley guy that I bought my harley from was wrong about ss. Tunes thank you s,s for letting me get my s,s tuned right....

Sent an email today through the website. Guess i should have come to utube first. Wish me luck

Awesome video. Thank you.

Nice one trying to get mine right . But won't start after stopping unless the enricher is on then fire's up

Very helpful info, thanks for video

So I've done this a few times. I have to keep choke pulled up to at least half to keep bike running, and that's after it's warmed up, too. When I increase idle adjustment, the rpms go waaay to high. I've tried adjusting the fuel air mixture to be more lean and it's just not working out. Can't get it to where choke can be pushed all the way down . There is no tach on bike. It's a 99 Sportster XLH 1200 that has been sitting for awhile.

I've been kicking a 70 ironhead 900 for about a year now today I got a couple of puffs I was so happy, now my coil is getting pretty hot and I'm not getting spark anymore

I just bought a used Heritage its a 97 has an S&S on it and since I've never had an S&S carb I didn't know how to adjust it . well it kept dying at idle so I idled it up but it still kept dying this helped me get my bike idling like its suppose to thanks

I just put a new s and s super e. There is a vent that is not covered by the tear drop air cleaner. I have a different air cleaner that does cover that small air vent hole. It’s not running well. What would some of the symptoms be from covering up that small air vent hole?

THX for the info

Great video! 😊

Thank you for the great video. Im helping a buddy rebuild his S&S-0388s shorty. I’m Trying to find the proper rebuild kit (gaskets and o-rings). I was told i first to to Identify whether it is an E or G. I don’t see any other part numbers except a (PAT #5128071) can you lend me any tips on identifying which carb? Its a custom build s&s motor as well. Thank you

Ok, I rebuilt me super e, I have a 2000 indian chief with an 80/88 ci engine. I put a 72 main jet, 29.5 secondary. I idle good, but get some puffs coming out of carb once in a while, and a flat spot midrange, then it kicks in again. Will these adjustments help with that

Thanks pops

Question; I rebuilt carb because gas was leaking out the front ventilator and out of the main jet (inside) - pouring everywhere when petcock ON. Cleaned it out, put back on, no gas leakage. NOW no Gas will squirt out the Jet.anyone know whats up?

Much thanks! runs way better!

Great video

In the idle speed ..to open you refer 1/2(half turn ) or 1 and half 👍

its a good video on HOW TO SET UP SUPPER E WHO KNOWS BETTER the people who do it daily or a drunken friend ? kick starter are great for DEAD batt. GOOD JOB Bruce i like the bike

good morning Bruce what do you recommend as a setting? for a shorty on a shovelhead 72 in main and 29.5 in pilot?

I love this carb, because there is nothing "hi-tech" in there... just a very simple carb...

I have 1330 S&S been off the road in storage for 2 years before that it kept fouling plugs, any idea what it maybe? Also started happening after i got my carby changed Thanks

Top banana....got me out of a sticky hole Thanks guys :-)

? I'm trying to learn . My bike is now running thankyou. However I don't have RPM's. It seems it blup blup,blup.but when I ride the throttle is hesitant.? Start over?

Do you need to take carburetor off to do this ? Mine even after doing this still runs at extremely high idle

My E is spraying gas out of it,AFTER I adjust it.... do i need to re-jet it?

hi bruce, i just bought a 2002 heritage with an s&s carb from a private sale. i had to adjust the idle cause it kept stalling so i did that and it's fine. i went out for about 20 min ride and noticed some drops of water coming off the air filter and down onto the engine near the cam cover, not a lot but some drops. definately not gaaoline. is this condensed water from something and is it normal or a problem? outside air temp. was 65F. thanx, steve

Another way on evolution motors is the smell of your exhaust. A overwhelming raw gas smell means its running too rich, a dry, running alcohol smell means its too lean. PLEASE correct me I'm wrong. Knowledable input from the source of sources (S&S) is invaluable to me and alotta others.

What if im in high elevation in Colorado would i need to figure jetting first before tunning it woth the 3 adjustment screws

Bruce I have a Softail with 96 "S&S engine which is nozzle 74 and 295 which worked fine with Hooker 2 to 1 system. But have now switched to supertrapp mean mother 2 to 2 and installed muffler V&H Quiet with the result that engine dies at 30% throttle and stumbling / sputtering in air filter. Should I go down on both main jet and intermediate jet? Or do you have a setup for 96 "engine and mufflers? Or a link to a video that shows how to proceed with nozzle of super e? Thank you so much.

What's the difference between the Super E & G?

I have a 2000 fatboy with SE heads cams ignition boosted to 95 CI. With a CV carb. Which carb should I use super e or g. It has just a little under 100 hp. Thanks so much. John

Mr Tessmer What jetting is in a new e if I bought one, I have one on a HD that I bought but I think someone has messed with the jetting. Thank youj

The choke return spring is broken on my carburetor. Where can I buy a replacement spring? I don't have a working choke without it.

Hi Bruce, what can be a problem if when hot engine and I stop at traffic light (for instance ) the revolutions goes down very slowly even until it reaches idle speed. Its not me alone having this problem. please advise.

Spot on 👌🏾

so if the tip of my spark plug is white it means it is too lean correct? in which case i would rotate the mixture screw counter clockwise a bit to make it a little more rich. and then adjust the idol screw again.

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Thanks

concerniong the accelerator pump can you tell me if looking into the venturi and twisting the throttle I should get a single stream or three streams, We have a serious dead spot as though the pump is not 100%

bruce, what's the best way to make sure mixture is not too lean? thnx, steve

what size jets would I need for my super e at 7500 ft elevation? for my 94 springer softail

I bought a S & S carburetor kit for my 1998 Fatboy , never installed it , Does this carburetor kit work on a 1991 FXRS Low Rider? I bought the complete carb kit with intake and air cleaner , do I need a different intake to make this carb kit work on the `1991 Low Rider?

I’m having trouble figuring out what size main jet to use. Where I live the elevation is about 6,400 feet. Any suggestions?

Bruce, need guidance Sir. I have a 99 Chief, i am the original owner. The S&S runs great when the tank is full at 5.8 gallons topped off, when engine is at operating temp and low level in the tank the engine sputters. I have learned to deal with it by always keeping the tanks full. On the occasion when the tanks is low, I go to reserve and take the fuel caps off and the bike runs much better. Any suggestions? thanks

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Hi, I bought s&s super e for my sportster xlh883 1986, with carb i get 11 jets plus them in the carb, 66,68,70,72,74,76,78/28, 31/265,295 please advice, which one should i instal? Thanks

My Super B sure has a smoother acceleration than my old Delloroto ! Thanks !

Thanks!

I have a super e on my 1200 sportster it has 28/70 jets does that sound correct? It idles good runs pretty decent I have tried this process like 3 times seems like no matter what I do the plugs foul after a ride if I get it too lean it starts popping out of the carb while down shifting if I try and go richer the plugs are really black and trying to take off from stoplights you have to ease into it or it starts spitting until you give it a lot of gas ….guess I have a picky one

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