v-twinwalker Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 so got to opening up my carbs and cleaning, top of carbs were fine not bad at all, but my float bowls, they couldve been mistaken for normally being the colour orange inside, anyone ever have a gasket fall apart to their fingertips? other than that its a solid go i just made a couple small mistakes, i forgot to take the pilot jets out and some other small component thats in the entryway of the carbs but i didnt damage or break anything, also the spring for float 4 is broken im pretty sure (doesnt really spring back up just sits back up when i give it a little tap) so ill get to replacing that. anyone have any carb stories of finding some nasty junk in their carbs or just something weird? Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Most probably most, if not all of us 1 Quote Link to comment
fastgs287 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) If all you got was a sticking float valve and crumbly gaskets it sounds like you got off lightly - No broken/ bent needles? green, white or brown jelly? jets so corroded you can't read the numbers? float bowl corroded through? deep corrosion craters in the carb body? dented floats? differents jets/ needles in each carb? Jets blocked with hylomar? Jets drilled on the piss? holes blocked with self tapping screws? Broken drill bits left in the jets? Bent nail used as float pin? holes repaired with chemical metal? Edited September 29, 2019 by fastgs287 forgot something 1 Quote Link to comment
v-twinwalker Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, fastgs287 said: If all you got was a sticking float valve and crumbly gaskets it sounds like you got off lightly - No broken/ bent needles? green, white or brown jelly? jets so corroded you can't read the numbers? float bowl corroded through? deep corrosion craters in the carb body? dented floats? differents jets/ needles in each carb? Jets blocked with hylomar? Jets drilled on the piss? holes blocked with self tapping screws? Broken drill bits left in the jets? Bent nail used as float pin? holes repaired with chemical metal? i had a dent in my float bowl lol. there was dry white and green stuff no jelly luckily, alot of the bolts for attaching the float bowls and top plate were halfway stripped and carb 4 was finger tightened lol, but yeah id say it wasnt nothing crazy just lots of rust. but what does sucks is my valves r covered in oil and shit so my valve seals are probably leaking, so thats fun. Quote Link to comment
Gixer1460 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 11 hours ago, fastgs287 said: If all you got was a sticking float valve and crumbly gaskets it sounds like you got off lightly - No broken/ bent needles? green, white or brown jelly? jets so corroded you can't read the numbers? float bowl corroded through? deep corrosion craters in the carb body? dented floats? differents jets/ needles in each carb? Jets blocked with hylomar? Jets drilled on the piss? holes blocked with self tapping screws? Broken drill bits left in the jets? Bent nail used as float pin? holes repaired with chemical metal? Is that all ? - you were lucky! (in best Monty Python Yorkshireman accent) 1 Quote Link to comment
wraith Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 So what did the Romans do for us 1 Quote Link to comment
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