Clean Your Own Carb's - The Whole 9 Yards - by: Rick Massey

that dang fairy shoulda got here already,she has wings ya know.....

 

Thanks guys!

Polock, you're right, and just make sure you don't get the beer or the bikini helpers at Harbor Freight.......

 

If they have a deeper voice than you do, RUN.

 

Good, solid advice there Schmuck!

 

As if the idea of pulling off cleaning, syncing, etc and reinstalling the carbs and praying the bike starts wasn't scary enough for someone who's never touched a carb...

The necessary parts/tools list is even scarier if on a near zero budget.

How necessary are:
* access to ultrasonic cleaner.
* access to tumbler or glass-bead blaster.

Would one of those $50 ultra sonic JEWELERY cleaners count and/or be big enough?

 

You don't need Ultrasound or a Tumbler.

You can get the job done with a minimum amount of tools and accessories.

Having Screwdrivers that fit the Pilot Mixture Jets and Fuel Jets is imperative.

A Bin with a rack to suspend the Carbs is also a luxury.
But, it helps to have the Rack suspended so that particulate getting sprayed-off ... drops-away and does not recontaminate the cleaning process.

 

Also, I'm not sold on the alignment jig... how much improvement do you get over a two (relatively beefy) rails that orient and fix the carbs in the two most critical planes? Does anyone swear by the alignment jig?

 

I saw a nice sized metal "drip pan" at Walmart Today that would cover most of my bench in the shed. I'd just need the "toaster over" type rack to lift the parts while cleaning draining.

So much to possibly do this summer

 

Hooray.....

Wish I'd though of reading this a while ago.. Just put my carbs back on after spending hours cleaning them just to find that the bike wouldn't start..

After trawling my way through this lot, I've realised I'VE PUT THE FLOATS ON UPSIDE DOWN!!!!

What a great thing the search tool is..

Thanks for all the photos etc.. Really helpful.

 

I have a question about the Pilot Air Jet cover that comes screwed in on some carbs.
I just delved into the business of cleaning my carbs two days ago and yesterday was time to look at the diaphrams.
I'm doing one carb at a time, so I can use the others as reference should I forget anything.
After taking off the diaphram, I noticed that my carbs were of the type that came WITH the jet cover, but NOT screwed in. Rather, it was glued in with some sort of resin. Have any of you guys seen this before? Do I need the cover at all?

 

Mine didn't have a cover.. Personally I think it's irrelevant.

 

Those Covers aren't needed.

If yours are glued-in ... I'd say to remove them and run without them.

 

Thanks, I'll have to go through a rebuild+tuning process first before deciding to strip off the covers.
However, as I got further into the carbs yesterday, I noticed that not all pilot screw components are present. In fact, only 1 of 4 carbs had the complete setup.
Can you tell me the consequences of this?

I bet Chacal has the parts needed...

 

Look carefully.
Prove down-in the hole.

The washer is over the O-ring.
A toothpick wiggle will free-up anything sticking.