Buddy 125 carb "valve plate set"

[phillyyo]

coming up on 10K miles (result of lurking and reading this forum for sure) and needed to do a routine carb clean after some bogging began to occur. Did a fairly thorough clean, got everything to seat correctly, still bogging, almost worse. Realized I was missing the little plastic piece that sits inside the diaphragm screw above the jet needle.

Could this be the cause of major bogging? I don't think it was in there previously when I had it ripping... Guess I don't fully understand what it even does given its location.

Going to take it back off and do a more thorough cleaning to see if that helps, but any insights you gentlemen have (even on replacement ideas) would be appreciated.

[DeeDee]

Which piece are you missing, and when did it go missing? Only way to answer your question for sure is to get the missing piece(s) and put it in: http://www.scooterloungeonline.com/buddy125carburetor If the scooter is ridden regularly, and has not sat for an extended period, your problems could be caused by something not carb related.

[2forfun]

that plastic seat for the spring is keeping the needle down