Allen: Will a fuel system cleaner added to the gas do anything towards cleaning the idle circuit you refer to? I really don't want to pull off my carburetors. Been there, done that. :( Charles
On Jan 6, 10:33 pm, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't get the carb cleaner on the rubber parts,it pulls the oils from the > rubber and makes them brittle, example: the diaphragms you didn't remove.. > My experience was that the idle circuit passages are usually what gets > clogged, if you look at the engine side of the carburator barrels you will > see some small holes (open the butterflies) these are the ones. Though if > you have the carbs off the bike anyway you should probably take the time to > remove the float bowls and clean the main and slow jets too. The best way to > clean these passages is to remove the pilot jet screws (turn in to > LIGHTLY SEATED first recording the # turns), and the choke plungers, then > alternate shooting carb cleaner with compressed air, until you are satisfied > that air/fluid shoots out of all of them equally well. Make sure you wear > eye protection as the liquid can get you in the face real easy. If you can't > get fluid to squirt out of these holes then you will need to soak the carbs > which will require a full tear down, and that is a bit of work. also if you > remove them from the bar you will have to completely re-sync them. I > have read that cooking them in a crock pot full of pinesol or lemon juice on > low, does wonders and won't destroy the rubber/plastic parts, but I have > never tried it. > > Oh yea, empty the tank of the old crud gas, clean the petcock (look for rust > particles as you may have to clean/seal you're tank), replace any inline > filters, get a can of seafoam and run that through you're first tank of > fresh fuel, and put in some seafoam/stabil if you are not going to run the > bike for more than two weeks. > > Thats my recommendations anyway, Welcome to the group, and post some > pictures! -- 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.
