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Carb dip

Rob S.

Rob S.

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When carbs are "dipped", are there o-rings or other non-metallic parts that must be removed first?
 
I would remove the diaphragms, all else can stay, the O rings your going to change anyways...right....

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Certainly you have been around here long enough to hear all the preaching.

EVERYTHING non-metallic MUST be removed.

Just in case you have not seen it before, read THIS and follow it TO THE LETTER.

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I kind of figured as much, just going stir crazy from not riding (it's been four days!)
 
GateKeeper said:
I would remove the diaphragms, all else can stay, the O rings your going to change anyways...right....

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Personally, I would NOT leave o-rings in there. If they turn to mush, they are MUCH harder to remove, and might actually plug up the passages you are trying to clean.
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Plus, they will add gunk into your dip. You need to follow Ed's guide to a "t" and strip the carbs completely. Nothing is worse than having to do them again because you did not do it correctly the first time.
 
Steve said:
Personally, I would NOT leave o-rings in there. If they turn to mush, they are MUCH harder to remove, and might actually plug up the passages you are trying to clean.
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You are absolutely correct, I was just saying the diaphragms are important, all else is to be replaced (rubber wise)....

but yes remove all you can....

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Yes everything that can be removed must be removed. Especially o-rings, as they will turn to mush in the cleaner. And they are a PITA to remove.
I was going to go the route of dipping my carbs, but I'm going to try something different.
I'm going to cook them in a pot of lemon juice on low heat on my stove.
The float bowls and tops are chrome, so i hope the acidity in the lemon juice won't hurt them too bad.
 
MrFreeze60 said:
Yes everything that can be removed must be removed. Especially o-rings, as they will turn to mush in the cleaner. And they are a PITA to remove.
I was going to go the route of dipping my carbs, but I'm going to try something different.
I'm going to cook them in a pot of lemon juice on low heat on my stove.
The float bowls and tops are chrome, so i hope the acidity in the lemon juice won't hurt them too bad.
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The float bowls and tops don't need to be dipped. There's only one passage in the bowl, it is easy to clean without dipping.
 
Okay, but there was old gas in there, and some black gunk resembling molasses in the bottom of the float bowls, and it's rock hard.
I will try to clean them with some carb spray, and see if it will come out.
 
The rubber plugs were still covering the pilot jets. 2 were pretty soft, but were still in place. When I first drained the carbs, the black gunk drained out through the drain plugs, and solidified when it dried.
It was kind of weird, the soft plugs were in the # 2 & 4 carbs with the worst of the gunk, and the # 1 & 3 carbs were in pretty decent shape inside.
 
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