i dont wanan know how to do it (but if you wanan tell me go fot it)
i just want to know if it is easy to do? i do all the matience on my bike and now its time to do the carbs. any poitners or ideas that will make them easier?
carb cleaning?
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carb cleaning?
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I worked on the carbs on this maxim, I had a hard time removing the carbs from the engine. Putting them back on was no picnic either. Have fun.
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horn relocation
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Inline fours aren't so bad. at least not compared to the v-4 SOB I just finished.
Getting them off the bike requires a bit of dissembly. I'm not familiar with your bike but I have yet to find one where you didn't have to remove the tank. You might have to remove a few things to give you enough clearance to get the carbs off but the trick is to rock them out and not pull them out.
When you have them off make sure you're in a clean work space. You don't want dirt grim and sand getting into the carbs or intake.
The best way to clean them is in berryman's carb dip (or any other carb dip you can find- looks like a paint can, but has a tray inside to rest the parts on). You'll need to take your carbs apart and remove anything rubber as the carb dip will eat right through it. Mainly diaphrams and orings. Make sure you get them all because otherwise the carbs won't work or at least not well. Also, make sure you don't mix the pieces up. On some carbs the jets from carb 1 are different from carb 2 for example. So if you have time it's best to do it one at a time. Put the carb in the dip and let it sit for a few hours, then spray carb cleaner through all the passages to make sure they're clear. I've found that taking a vaccum cap and cutting a hole just small enough for the carb cleaner tube to fit through works wonders. You push the cap against the hole and it seals it so the pressure can only go one way. NExt you spray the thing dry with compressed air or let it sit for a good long time until you're dead sure that it's gone. You may have to run fishing line or pieces of wire through the small passages if they're still clogged. Then reassemble. Do this for all your carbs, put them back on the bike, add an inline fuel filter, sync them up and then add a carb cleaner every 10 tanks and winterize properly so you never have to do this again.
I've heard that hooking up an aquarium pump to the berryman's dip will speed things up or be more effective, but I've never tried it
Getting them off the bike requires a bit of dissembly. I'm not familiar with your bike but I have yet to find one where you didn't have to remove the tank. You might have to remove a few things to give you enough clearance to get the carbs off but the trick is to rock them out and not pull them out.
When you have them off make sure you're in a clean work space. You don't want dirt grim and sand getting into the carbs or intake.
The best way to clean them is in berryman's carb dip (or any other carb dip you can find- looks like a paint can, but has a tray inside to rest the parts on). You'll need to take your carbs apart and remove anything rubber as the carb dip will eat right through it. Mainly diaphrams and orings. Make sure you get them all because otherwise the carbs won't work or at least not well. Also, make sure you don't mix the pieces up. On some carbs the jets from carb 1 are different from carb 2 for example. So if you have time it's best to do it one at a time. Put the carb in the dip and let it sit for a few hours, then spray carb cleaner through all the passages to make sure they're clear. I've found that taking a vaccum cap and cutting a hole just small enough for the carb cleaner tube to fit through works wonders. You push the cap against the hole and it seals it so the pressure can only go one way. NExt you spray the thing dry with compressed air or let it sit for a good long time until you're dead sure that it's gone. You may have to run fishing line or pieces of wire through the small passages if they're still clogged. Then reassemble. Do this for all your carbs, put them back on the bike, add an inline fuel filter, sync them up and then add a carb cleaner every 10 tanks and winterize properly so you never have to do this again.
I've heard that hooking up an aquarium pump to the berryman's dip will speed things up or be more effective, but I've never tried it