Pilot jet is stuck help me!!

[Kitten Tooth]

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOU HELP!!! i used a left handed drill bit on it and it threaded right out. It's like christmas every time i go to harbor freight. Once again, THANKS YOU!!
KT

[legaleli]

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOU HELP!!! i used a left handed drill bit on it and it threaded right out. It's like christmas every time i go to harbor freight. Once again, THANKS YOU!!
KT

Until now I was unaware of the left handed drill bit. Amazing...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_bit#Left-hand_bit

[hikermikem]

A few things about some of the comments. If I am reading the post correctly, the pilot screwdriver slot is trashed, and the screwdriver slot is done. So if the fat lady has sung on the screwdriver slot, we are way past god level screwdrivers specially ground to fit a slot that went south. So that is why I said that if it can stay in clean it and leave it if you are not good wit getting things like this out. You could trash the carb body in a heart beat.

I can see your point...

I have "disintegrated" a few pilot slots myself, but because they are brass & tiny I find my technique of essentially making a "custom impact driver" by whacking a solid fitting screwdriver into the soft head hasn't failed me yet - even when there's agruably "no" slot left. Of course I swear by the 50/50, ATF/acetone penetrating solution. Give the juice a little time to work, then give it good SOLID whack while twisting the handle - gets you back working that night.

Besides, you can always use the drill option if it doesn't work

[Road_Clam]

I think a lot of people make the initial mistake of using a "too small" screwdriver blade, or a screwdriver with a trashed tip (like I did years ago on my virgin 1100E). I took a Home Depot (I like the H/D's rubber handles for good grip) extra long screwdriver that was oversized and spent some time grinding the tip until it fit into the pilot jets slot perfect and snug. Now all's I use this screwdriver is Mikuni pilot jets. Like others commented give the jet a rap with a hammer, and they back right out.

[trippivot]

when in doubt always use heat

old crusty carbs are not for the inexperienced, undertooled, and underfunded to mess with. You had to feel it was frozen before the metal crumbled.

you are in the zone where carburetor work turns into "dental surgery".

I'm am going to wish you good luck at this point..

do not hurt the body of the carb !! the picture of the slots cut in there made me cringe!!

micro drill bits and a small taper easy out may work, with propane heat while CCW extraction is being done.

I have had to drill a hole and use a dremel tool to cut the brass from the center out -until the pionted end was free from the threaded end of the pilot screw. be sure to leave the threads inside the bore of the pilot screw recess in the carb body or you just have a junk carb body left.

[blowerbike]

Some one on the forum suggested a Snap-on screw driver #SSDE64D. I bought one, ground it down a little and it really works, the fit is great. They aint cheap though like anything else snap-on, $15 but its worth it.

i think that was me.
i never ground down mine.

[Kitten Tooth]

Well, i pulled it out once no problem, all of them broke free with little trouble at all. I didnt cross thread it or anything when i put it back in and i didnt put it in with super human stength when i re-assmbled.. The tip of the screw driver i was using which i thought was fitting perfectly because i didnt feel any play, twisted and bent while i was torquing on it with my hand. I got them back together now with the new kits everything looks great!! Ill let you guys know what happens when i put them in in about an hour or so from now.