Rebuilt?

[Guest]

So, you send your carbs out to get rebuilt, what do you expect the rebuild to be? Should the carbs come back looking like the pics? Would you question the work performed on the inside if the outside looked like these? What if you were told, "They were cleaned and rebuilt. Open them up and have a look. If your engine is healthy they will work as should. I can't believe you would complain before even installing them."

carb 1.jpg

[gcozee]

Second picture.

carb 2.jpg

[gcozee]

Third picture.

carb 3.jpg

[gcozee]

In the first pic, the brown spot at 11 o'clock is a chunk of crud at that was stuck to the inside of the throat. I knocked it off right before the pic was taken. I sent them out to be rebuilt simply because I don't have the time right now. Next time I guess I will make time.

[Agemax]

they have obviously not been cleaned properly at all.

[steveb922]

Did the re-builder tell you what method he used to clean the carbs?

I've never used dip, as we don't get it over here. And I can't see that those have been through an ultrasonic cleaner. Unless maybe he forgot to turn it on.

[dorkburger]

Extremely shoddy work. If they were even touched at all.

[Nessism]

Sometimes junk leaches out from around the throttle shafts like that. It's hard to flush out that area really well after dipping. That photo shows more than normal though. The dirt between carbs would indicate the carbs were not properly unganged, or maybe they were completely covered in sludge and the builder didn't scrub them down they way they should have been.

Who did the rebuild work?

[Steve]

Hopefully that was not by one of the members here.

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[LAB3]

Did the re-builder tell you what method he used to clean the carbs?

I've never used dip, as we don't get it over here. And I can't see that those have been through an ultrasonic cleaner. Unless maybe he forgot to turn it on.

I've being using two parts Pine Sol to one part water as a carb dip for years, it's always done the job. The guy who "Showed me the ropes" taught me that one.

[Nessism]

I've being using two parts Pine Sol to one part water as a carb dip for years, it's always done the job. The guy who "Showed me the ropes" taught me that one.

Might be fine for carbs that are not very dirty and varnished, but it doesn't work well for carbs that are. Pine Sol turns the carb bodies dark too.

[GSXR7ED]

Hopefully that was not by one of the members here.

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I will say this...Steve, you did a great job with rebuilding my carbs for my "T".

I sure hope it wasn't a member here.


Ed

[chef1366]

I did the carbs and cleaned them ultrasonically, Show a pic of the insides and install them and ride. This guy accused me of just doing a carb spray. Not true.
I will not polish butterflies.

[Agemax]

sorry, but if i paid for that service i would demand a refund. How can you ultrasonic clean the inside of the carbs without cleaning the outside as well? why do you not clean butterflies?
A full carb clean means just that IMO.

[roeme]

If these have been in an ultrasonic cleaner, then they haven't been in there for too long.