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09/02/11(Fri)02:25 No.5232127>>5231819
Carbs really aren't that bad as far as cleaning them goes. Just don't change anything when you take them apart.
On
my bike, I have four Keihin CVK carbs. To take them apart, you take 4
screws off the top, pull the slide out, and set it aside. Turn the carb
over, take the 4 screws off the bottom, take the bottom (float bowl)
off. Push the pin out that the float pivots on, take it out carefully,
make sure you don't bend the metal tab. Spray every hole you can find
with the little extender on the can of carb cleaner until you can see
the carb cleaner coming out of somewhere else in the carb. Put it back
together and you're done. That's really about all there is to it.
Most
carb horror stories happen because someone takes jets out, or bends the
float a little bit, or changes jets or leaves a piece of lint in there
or something. As long as you don't re-jet, and don't try to adjust them,
you'll be fine as far as cleaning them. It's really not as difficult as
you think it is.
When I first took my carbs apart I was
paranoid as hell about messing them up. Every screw went in a little
dish, took pictures the whole way. They worked fine once I put them back
on. I had re-jetted them with a stage 3 kit, and that wasn't too bad
either.
If you want a really fun carb, go to a junkyard and find
an old 70's Quadrajet. Most complicated piece of crap I've ever had the
displeasure of rebuilding. If you're really worried about your carbs,
find a cheap set somewhere or get a Quadrajet from a junkyard and play
around with it to familiarize yourself with carbs. They're really not
bad once you have a basic idea of how they work. |
