MHillard
One word of advice, Put a piece of color painters tape on the Front
Cable before you remove it from the throttle body wheel. I didn't once and
reversed them when assembling. I put them on bass-ackwards so you didn't
pull down to go fast you pushed upwards.. Also if you have access to a
sonic cleaner you may want to soak them in hot water and run it in the
cleaner. I put them in carb cleaner and it made the aluminum turn a dark
color and when touched it gave me a dark residue on my hands.. I wouldn't
recommend that but the sonic cleaner in hot water seemed to do the trick.
It does take a few days to dry completely.
Cheers!
Dougjones
On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 2:53:37 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> You can clean them yourself, they are easy to clean. The only difficult
> part of removing them is that you need to pour a thermos full of boiling
> water on the rubber mounts as you shift them out. They will tilt upward,
> and then you can tug them free, and pull them out of the left side of the
> frame while the cables are still attached. You need to soften the boot
> rubber before reinserting them too.
>
> Once off, label each bowl, then unscrew. Remove each jet inside with a
> small flat head screw driver.
>
> Soak the jets in cleaner, and push a thin guitar string through the hole
> all the way through each jet body.
>
> It's a job that takes one hour. Only learning how to remove the darned
> things and fiddling with the throttle cables takes longer.
>
> So long as they aren't trashed inside, the bike will run just fine.
>
> Good Luck
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM Kimberly Reynolds <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> These guys worked on my carbs on my ‘83 Nighthawk 650 several years ago
>> and did a great job:
>>
>> http://www.myerscycle.com/
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On May 12, 2021, at 09:13, mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I can clean and rebuild carbs if you're able to pull them. I'm in WNY and
>> may be too far for you. I have been doing nighthawk 700s carbs for years.
>>
>> On Wed, May 12, 2021, 11:09 AM mhillard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> OK... I'll admit it up front... I have neglected my Nighthawk over the
>>> last few years. No judgments... suffice it to say life has been a bit
>>> complicated for a while and the bike has just not been high on my priority
>>> list. I hope to change that.
>>>
>>> But before I can... I need to get the carbs cleaned. In typical
>>> Nighthawk fashion, the bike will start and run with the choke on... but as
>>> soon as you open the choke it dies. I would give myself an "intermediate"
>>> ability to wrench on the bike but I know my limitations... and carbs are
>>> one of them. I know some of you live around Maryland and Pennsylvania, so
>>> do you happen to have a reputable resource who can clean/rebuild them for
>>> me?
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