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carb dipping

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advice needed please....i am about to begin dipping the carbs in the gallon of carb cleaner.....the throttle shaft has on it a plastic bushing and was wondering if it is ok to dip without disassembling the shaft components? looks like i would need to drive out a pin for this process.
 
I'd remove everything that isn't metal...some carb cleaners will digest anything
 
Carb dipping

Carb dipping

On my 79 GS 1000 L, I just did mine & only left them in for 3-4 hours, not over night. I used NAPA ( like Berrymans) watersoluable & it worked great. Rinsed w/water & followed w/some spray carb cleaner(ether based) & compressed air(to make sure the water was either all out & dried up). Worked wondermus. Now to get that contankerous :roll: bloated airbox & carb rack back on, Great !!!!! 8O
..T.J....
 
Alternative to dipping

Alternative to dipping

I just cleaned a set of carbs for a friend's Virago. These things had some serious varnish all over them and were pretty stuck. I boiled them - that's right, just took off the bowls, took out the diaphragms/sliders and put them in a stock pot. Two gallons of water, a small box of baking soda, and about half to 1 cup of vinegar. I covered the pot and let them boil over medium heat for about an hour. Pulled them out and they looked practically new.

The brass tends to pick up a little copper tone (from a couple of copper washers that I didn't notice because of the crud) and the carbs got a little gray, but with a little patient tooth brush scrubbing, they looked like I pulled them out of "The Dip"

This doesn't hurt plasti or rubber O-rings, so it's a nice alternative to the chemical dips.
 
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