Af226 - your carbs; Before-After :)

hey af226, better take your heart pill--

1980 xj650 carbs:

Before: ( complete with stripped jets hardened and shrunken seals, a broken Float tower, a seized and stripped mixture screw threading, a badly rusted and seized float/pin/valve assembly and another bent float , mangled jets from some previous owner, seized bowl drain screws, paint, some non-original hardware, etc.... whew! I had my work cut out for me on this one. BTW, this is the rack that has the 1980 body that I showed in the "eeeewww.... " forum....







I'll post the "after" pics tomorrow morning when my iPad is charged up again. I'm going lock the thread until then, too-- I'll unlock it after the pics are up....

 

After:

 

It took a lot, but I really enjoy seeing a really rough set turn out so nice again

DaveF

 

only 4 mounting screws each on the 2 brackets. is this typical of the 1980 carbs?

 

YES- notice that the other hole is actually filled with an indexing boss that is part of the casting. See my post in the thread:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/threads/carbs-needed-badly.112847/#post-566689

Here are some close-ups--

 

Very interesting . . .

 

They look awesome compared to the scary sets that were sent in.....lol

 

They look..almost like new!

Are you ultrasonic-ing them??

 

Nope

 

??
Good old fashioned carb cleaner, carbon tetrachloride....is that even legal anymore?...or just gallons of petrol and a toothbrush!!

 

That's the dry-cleaning stuff, isn't it?

 

Yup, or some derivative.....always got the 'coke' out of two strokes on a 'de-coke'....!!