Your float needle is probably gummed in there; it's been sitting with the same gas for two decades, right? Definitely some deposits.
Your slide piston is probably the same way, just "soft seized" from sitting too long. You can give them an overnight soak and see if that helps your problems any. I have a stuck slide on the #4 carburetor on the rack I'm slowly rebuilding for the 650, going to try the pine-sol soak and then a hot water bath, hopefully the cleaning action followed by the expansion of the aluminum will free it enough that it will pop right out. -Kurt On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Kevin Green < kevin.green.thunderb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, so 2 specific technical questions I ran into taking the first carb > apart tonight. I'm trying out the embedded photos so let me know if they > don't show up. > > 1) The float needle didn't come out with the float the way the manual said > it would. In fact the gasket that seems to hold it in is very hard and I > don't know what to do to get it to budge. I tried to pry at it gently and > the top edge that holds the float bent a bit. I think I could fix it but I > still need to get it out. Any suggestions? > > > > > 2) The Clymer's manual says to remove the top cover, spring and vacuum > piston. The spring came right out, but the piston won't just come out. It > has some wobble but it's just not sliding right out the way the photo in > the manual shows. I've run into another inconsistency or two in the manual > so I'm wondering if something is just missing. Some step, screw, etc. > that's not jumping out at me when I look at the carb, or maybe I need to > quit being a weenie and pull it out. I just hate to force it until I know > for sure there isn't something else I'm supposed to do. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
