Thanks for the encouragement! I have the shop manual and I certainly have the tools. I might get the nerve to try it.Mike
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Snookfever <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you can operate hand tools and read you can do it yourself. I have > the same bike in red. I could not find someone local that would work > on it. So I bought a shop manual on line and did mine myself. I think > you can get a shop manual on CD for as little as $15. I bought a hard > copy for $50. The first trick is to move the air box back to remove > the carbs. That requires removing items that are bolted to the air > box. After that it is simply disassemble clean and reassemble. The > next trick is removing the air screws and replacing them correctly if > you take it that far. Dont lose the o rings on the air screws. You > should also know if you separate the carbs there are o rings in the > connecting fuel tubes thay may need to be replaced if you take it that > far. You may want to buy new slow jets. They are only $5/each. What I > learned from Dennis on this group is that the slow jet must be cleaned > with a wire .0011 inch diameter. Not easy to find a wire exacty .0011 > inch unless you are a fisherman and use wire leaders and own a > micrometer. I had both so no problem for me. Might be easier just to > replace them. After cleaning my bike hesitated at take off, but ran > good otherwise. Once I cleaned the slow jets with a wire (thanks > Dennis) it ran like new. While I had mine apart I painted the domes to > match the bike and replaced the screws with SS allen screws. You might > also want to add an in line fuel filter after you see all the rust > particles in the bottom of the carbs. > > Good luck...you can do it! > > > > On Mar 31, 10:34 am, Mike Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it is time to have my carburetors rebuilt on my 84 700s. After > > sitting most of the winter, the bike runs poorly. It runs great after it > > gets going, but take off is bad, bad weak. What advice can you folks > give > > me? How much can I expect to pay? Should I try to do it myself? Can > most > > Honda dealers do this successfully? This community of nighthawk lovers > has > > been a true blessing to me and my old bike! Thank you all! > > Mike Prince > > Judsonia, Arkansas > > > > IMG_1917.JPG > > 1632KViewDownload > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
