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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:39 pm
by Dac
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How to Clean your Carburetor.{easy}"
i made this just now and im boarder line asleep. I know i had to mess up in a few spots, or forgot a big step. Some one notice anything?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:06 am
by Kenny_McCormic
You forgot to add, blow it out with compressed air and dont get carb clean on your fingers(its happened to me, not fun).
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:25 am
by Dac
Kenny_McCormic wrote:You forgot to add, blow it out with compressed air and dont get carb clean on your fingers(its happened to me, not fun).
that hurts you?
when i clean a carb i get that stuff all over my hands, dosnt bother me one bit. Was it the same brand stuff?
This stuff only bothers me if i get it on cuts. But even then its not that bad.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:16 am
by CharlotteSpreeRider
It depends on the brand of carb cleaner. Gumout doesn't bother me, the store brand from AutoZone is harsh, especially if I get it on my ring. Feels like a chemical burn almost instantaniously.
Dac, I PM'ed you about that doc and adding something about not trying to remove the idle jet.
-aseigler
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:47 am
by strapped9
I have a tip. DONT POKE JETS WITH METAL! I figured i'd get it really clean if i used single wire strands and needles. Ended up trashing it. carb cleaner and compressed air only. Nice write up bud. great addition to the how to archive.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:43 am
by Kenny_McCormic
Cant remeber the brand but if my hands get soaked they get SUPER DRY, its the nastiest feeling.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:09 pm
by noiseguy
I'd add a pic of the idle jet and how to clean.
I alway check the idle jet for clean by blowing carb cleaner up through it from the bottom while looking down the air passage of the carb. If I see fluid shooting up, I know it's clean.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:02 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
Solder seal, gunk carb clean is the stuff I use.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:18 pm
by buildbyflying
Thx for the picture tutorial.
As someone who's just cleaning the carb for the first time, I'd note that the actual cleaning is the easiest part. What gets complicated is takin ti off and putting it back on the bike.
Right now I have a bunch of hoses with no idea where they go.
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:33 pm
by Dac
buildbyflying wrote:Thx for the picture tutorial.
As someone who's just cleaning the carb for the first time, I'd note that the actual cleaning is the easiest part. What gets complicated is takin ti off and putting it back on the bike.
Right now I have a bunch of hoses with no idea where they go.
the gas line (the biggest one) goes on the top notch.
the vac. line (small line coming down from the gas tank) goes on the intake.
and the oil line (the other small ine) goes to the small notch on the carb.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:07 am
by jstone
I'm not sure about any of this, but isn't an aero motor more like a spree motor than it is an elite? If so then thats all wrong. On a spree motor there are 2 fittings on the intake, one for the oil pump and one for the vac line. But again, i don't have any idea about aeros so i'm prabably wrong.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:33 am
by Kenny_McCormic
There are about 1.5 trillion vent lines on a spree carb, where they go just comes to me for some reason.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:25 pm
by buildbyflying
thanks for the heads up. Would it help to post pics or the aero carb? Does anyone think it might be different from spree/elite models? I got the fuel line running to the top inlet of the carb, as for the others I'll check em out when I get home...
Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:56 pm
by jstone
If there is 2 fittings on the intake, then one goes to the vac. line and the other goes to the oil pump, if there is only one then go by what Dac said. My lines have been on for so long that they're permanently bent to where they belong so there isn't a problem with taking them off.