1978 GS 1000 VM carbs

[earlfor]

Now that you mention it, youre probably correct that gasoline will remove grease. I doubt that grit will evaporate or be removed though. :-) :-)

Earl

Won't the vaporized gasoline remove the grease from the slides?

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Yes, the gas will remove most of or maybe all of the grease. I'm not certain because I've never greased the outer slides. I do know that white lithium grease will stay on the inside of the slide, at the swivel points of the linkage. Gas vapors are present there too. I just would'nt use grease on the outer part of the slides. If your slides are sticking, then you need to replace them or clean them up and the carb body. If you try to make them work smoothly with grease and the gas DOES dissolve the grease, then you just wasted your time and possibly attracted grit to the slides at least temporarily. But any damage done by the grit will not be temporary.

[Hoomgar]

So having grit in your carbs is bad then Keith?


:P :P :P :P :P

[KEITH KRAUSE]

You betcha! Almost as bad as having grit in your Fruit of the Looms.