Almost too ashamed to ask

[sharkey]

If the carb has the splined jets, try a wiring butt connector to remove them.  If the carb has limiter caps, use a drywall screw and a short piece of wire to line up the tabs.  Once you have them out, place them in your vice and notch them with a hacksaw, so that you can use a small flat blade screw driver to adjust.  Remove the jets one at a time so you dont mix them up.  Even if they are the same in appearance, the seats wear to each individual tip.  You can also use a short piece of brake line or a small diameter piece of brass tubing to get the jets out of the carb.  The jet closest to the cylinder is always the main or low jet, and the other is the high speed.  Set them each at 1 and 1/2 turns out counter clockwise from lightly seated and adjust from there.  If your not sure how to get the carb in tune, just ask.  While you have the top cover off, go over all the bolts to make sure theyre snug.  There should be four cylinder bolts that are either allen key or torx down at the four corners of the jug, use a flashlight if you cant see them. 

Best wishes,
Bob