Posted by Dave on July 6, 2009, 5:20 pm
> He knows what he's doing.
Well I don't know as I'd go THAT far, but so far so good. I am no longer
scared of carbeurettors, and will likely pull the carb rack off my CB750 and
clean it next as I've been having problems with that bike too.
Unfortunately as I recall it's a helluva lot more work to get the four carbs
off of the Honda... more friction and less room.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 6, 2009, 6:08 pm
> Unfortunately as I recall it's a helluva lot more work to get the four carbs
> off of the Honda... more friction and less room.
Oh yes. And four hardened carb rubbers as well. Huge fun.
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BF?= on July 6, 2009, 8:36 pm
> Unfortunately as I recall it's a helluva lot more work to get the four carbs
> off of the Honda... more friction and less room.
Mix about 5 ounces of xylene (a paint thinner) with 5 ounces of
acetone, about an ounce of transmission fluid and an ounce of WD40.
Save this mixture in a sealable container, you won't use it all on one
carburetor removal job.
Put some plastic sheeting under the carbs.
Paint the rubber softening mixture onto the rubber boots with a glue
brush and let it work to make the rubber more pliable.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 7, 2009, 2:41 am
>
> > Unfortunately as I recall it's a helluva lot more work to get the four carbs
> > off of the Honda... more friction and less room.
>
> Mix about 5 ounces of xylene (a paint thinner) with 5 ounces of
> acetone, about an ounce of transmission fluid and an ounce of WD40.
>
> Save this mixture in a sealable container, you won't use it all on one
> carburetor removal job.
>
> Put some plastic sheeting under the carbs.
>
> Paint the rubber softening mixture onto the rubber boots with a glue
> brush and let it work to make the rubber more pliable.
Or do what everyone else does, and just soak them in very hot water to
make them pliable.
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER Coo, down to just five bikes!
If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. And RTFM.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
Posted by Dave on July 7, 2009, 10:06 am
> Unfortunately as I recall it's a helluva lot more work to get the four
> carbs
> off of the Honda... more friction and less room.
Mix about 5 ounces of xylene (a paint thinner) with 5 ounces of
acetone, about an ounce of transmission fluid and an ounce of WD40.
Save this mixture in a sealable container, you won't use it all on one
carburetor removal job.
Put some plastic sheeting under the carbs.
Paint the rubber softening mixture onto the rubber boots with a glue
brush and let it work to make the rubber more pliable.
Are there any downsides to using this? I mean, will it shorten the life of
the rubber boots? Not that I'd care... last time I had them off I was about
ready to haul the bike to the scrap yard trying to get those damn carbs back
on.
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