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[QUOTE="bmonnig, post: 531593, member: 36555"]
Guys,
     I've had a problem with fuel coming out of my overflow hoses while at a standstill on my '00 KDX 200.  To hopefully fix this issue, I'm trying to set my floats with my dial calipers.  How do I best measure the float, but avoid parallax (sp?) error?  I'm trying to measure from the gasket area on the carb to the top of the float itself.  Unfortunately, the floats on my 2000 are kind of trapezoidal shaped, as opposed to perfectly square.  This doesn't give me much area at the top of the float (when carb is upside down) to look at.  This makes it tough to make sure I'm flush with the gasket surface, but also exactly parallel with the top of the float (as opposed to looking at some slight angle).  
     It'd be much easier if I could measure to the mold lines on the floats themselves, but since each float is differently shaped, I'm not sure the mold lines are in the exact same spot.  
     I'm open to any advice on how to accurately measure the float height using my dial calipers.  FWIW, I'm using the JustKDX spec of 16 mm +/- 1 mm as my goal.

Brandon
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