Carb dip question

[ryonker]

I am dipping the carbs off of my 78 750 this week. The gasket are welded to the bottom of the carb body. Will the carb dip help loosen them up (so I can scrap later) or should I just scrape them off before I dip them?

Rick

[Larry D]

I'd get as much of it off before I dipped them. The idea is to dip the carbs to clean. If the old gaskets are in there releasing little bits and pieces, some could possibly get into the carbs you're trying to clean.

Or get a shallow pan of some sort (go raid the wife's kitchen..) and set the bodies with the gasket side down in the pan of carb dip until they loosen enough to come off.

[ryonker]

Thanks Larry!

On VMs, do I dip the slide or just take it out of the carb body before I dip them.

[Nessism]

It won't hurt to dip with the gaskets on there. Just scrap them off outside the dip so the chunks don't fall in. Regarding the slides, you don't have to dip them. Just use spray cleaner on the outside to clean off any varnish.

[ryonker]

Thanks Ed!


Rick

[ryonker]

Are you guys able to dip more than 1 carb at a time, or can you go two?

Rick

[Steve]

In the standard gallon-size can of Berryman Dip, I get one carb body, one float bowl, all the removeable brass jets. Let them soak for a day, rinse them off with warm water, poke through all the jet holes with a strand of copper wire, spray carb cleaner through all the passages, follow with compressed air. When the dip basket is empty, toss in the parts for the next carb, wait until the next day, repeat as necessary.

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[RogueZuki]

When I did mine, we let them dip for about 30 minutes before taking them out and running them under water. We put the basket in an old coffee can and put it in the sink until the water ran clear. Then I took the basket out of the water and took all the little pieces out. I used compressed air to get the majority of water off before cleaning and poking and then airing it off some more.

While cleaning and airing the pieces, I just used some air on the basket to dry it off and put more parts in it for another dunk.

Rinse, wash, repeat.

[oshanac]

The carb dip can is great, but depending on how bad they were (my bike sat for two year with gas residue in the carbs before I bought it) you still will have to poke the orifices (its not illegal I swear!) with a very fine strand of wire. You should be able to see clearly from every hole in every jet!

[ryonker]

Thanks for all the great responses!

The carbs are soaking as I write.

Rick

[RogueZuki]

Another great tool to use for poking orifices are cleaners for torches. They come in a pack that look like allan wrenches. These get down small enough to do the job and they have rough edges on a bit of them, perfect for getting off stubborn crud.