finding pin gages is as easy as getting a cup of coffee in the morning. Unless your a fisherman apparently.
FOR PIN GAGE: http://www.crawfordsales.info/toolsAndMaintenance.html FOR 1/2" MICROMETER: http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/GSDRVSM?PACACHE=000000090215736 scroll down to the middle of the page and you'll find the image and a little description of cleaning carburerator jets. there are many scources pins like this butt you can do your own searching beyond this. Pin gages are the best tool to use especially if you not a skilled mechanic because pin gages are hardened steel with the ends trimmed and will not scratch the sidewalls of the jet, which is easily done by unskilled DIY'ers. Crawfords price is about the best you'll get unless you buy only indivual pins. Both of these items are plentiful in the more civilized areas of the country. Aother source that specializes in selling to these areas is Granger's. --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Snookfever <[email protected]> wrote:> From: Snookfever <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Carburetor time > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 8:57 PM > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
