Leave them together, on their rack of four, unless you want to dissassemble/reassemble/keep track of a gazillion screws, o-rings, springs and other unidentifiable pieces that don't need to come apart. The business end of each carb is accessible while still on the rack.
You may or may not need any replaceable parts -- gaskets, o-rings, brass parts -- unless they were bunged up from a previous owner, or you bung them up yourself. They just need to be scrupulously clean before reassembly. You won't really know of anything needing replacement till you get in there and look. Some tips: Don't force anything, especially screws and brass fittings. They're fragile. Use new screwdrivers and make sure the size fits the fitting perfectly. A penetrating fluid like PB Blaster is invaluable. Some of the stuff you'll be taking apart will seem like its welded in place. Be especially mindful of the "towers" that hold the float pins in place. Very fragile and cast into the carb body. Break one and you'll have to buy a new carburetor. Each carb has a drain screw in the bottom. Drain those and you should have very little spill. Read up on the "Pine Sol Soak" at this link: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560117 Lastly, have small dollar-store tupperware containers handy, label them 1 thru 4, keep the tiny pieces from the corresponding carbs in each, and...keep your wits and your patience about you. Other than all that -- piece a' cake. (!) On Feb 20, 6:41 pm, Minh Trat <[email protected]> wrote: > Was a bit busy the last few days. Going to take apart the carbs > tonight. Do I need to take them all apart or can I leave them > together, and just take off the float bowls? > What gaskets do I need? The ones between the float bowl and the carbs, > I'd guess. Any other ones needed? > How much of a spill should I expect? > > Minh > > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Pat Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do, not sure about today but I could look after work this weekend. I'm off > > at 5. > > > At 10:24 PM 2/15/2012, you wrote: > > >> Hehe. Thanks! I haven't done much else to the bike. I'm waiting for a > >> cousin to come over and do a carb clean. I am slightly intimidated to take > >> the carbs out by myself. Been doing some reading, and youtubing. > >> Pat, would you have time to drop by and take a look? > > >> MT > > > Pat Patterson > > Abbotsford, BC, Canada > > VA7PDP > > > 2001 PT Cruiser > > 83 450 Honda Nighthawk > > 78 F350 460/C6 on propane > > 71 Bronco 302/C4/D20 D44/9" {o===o} > > > "Just add Lightness-" > > Colin Chapman. (1928 - 1982) > > -- > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
