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Carb Rebuild

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I'm going to be home for a few days for Thanksgiving, and I wanted to clean out the carbs. My bike has been sitting for a while, so I figured a full tear-down was in order for my 1983 GS650G.

A friend of mine suggested first just spraying cleaner into the floats(I think?) instead of taking it all apart. Is this advisable over a full teardown?

Also, if I do take it apart, is there any hard to letting the parts sit in a garage? I guess I could always put it back together but not do the synching till Christmas time.

Either way, I'm just excited to spend some quality time with my baby:D
Thanks in advance! :)
 
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Short cuts are long cuts when it comes to the carbs. Do the full tear down and soak in carb dip.

Instructions if you have CV carbs... http://www.thegsresources.com/gs_carbrebuild.htm
Insctuctions if you have VM carbs... http://www.thegsresources.com/files/vm_carb_rebuild.pdf

Carb O-rings... http://cycleorings.com/

Don't forget the intake O-rings... http://cycleorings.com/intake.html

If your float bowl gaskets split... http://z1enterprises.com/

There might be some more information we can offer but you didn't mention what kind of bike you have.

Good luck.
 
Is there any special/preferred type of grease for the float gaskets and o-rings?
 
Good question.:) A slight dab of silicone grease helps the carb o-rings slide into place without tearing. This can be quite important, particularly on some of the tighter fitting O-rings such as the ones on the pilot screw.

Floatbowl gaskets go on dry. Only other thing to lube is the throttle cable (not carb related) and maybe the choke rod (where it passes through the different carbs).

Have fun.:)
 
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