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Message started by ArielT on 08/17/09 at 12:58:36

Title: Carb Cleaner
Post by ArielT on 08/17/09 at 12:58:36

How thoroughly do I need to remove any carb cleaner I sprayed to clean the carbs? I know it can eat plastic, so I avoided those places, but is it enough just to blow some compressed air over it afterwards or will it be a problem?

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by John_D on 08/18/09 at 03:06:42

I believe carb cleaner is supposed to dry with no residue, so just letting it dry before reassembly should be fine. If I'm wrong, somebody please chime in! :D

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by matt on 08/18/09 at 09:28:31

I dont know,

The first time i yanked mine out for good cleaning i put it back in before it was completly dried, i was anxious, i didnt notice any problems.. yet.

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by Phelonius on 08/18/09 at 09:43:22

I am the carb cleaner on my bikes.

Phelonius ;)

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by Serowbot on 08/18/09 at 09:46:46

48707D747776716D6B180 wrote:

I am the carb cleaner on my bikes.

Phelonius ;)

You gotta' spray Phelonious with very high pressure.... He's a big feller'... :-?

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by ArielT on 08/19/09 at 05:53:52

Pfffft... Getting ahead of myself, clearly. The screws on the top of the carb are already stripped and despite spraying it with all manner of stuff I've just made it worse. Going to have to buy a screw extractor and some new screws today, I think.

Do you remove tough, stuck on screws, Phelonius?

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by voldigicam on 08/19/09 at 06:06:27

I've been successful on carbs for years using gunsmiths hard punches with sharp edges. Can generally get a nice wedged angle where the punch has no choice but to bite the edge of the screw deeply. Doesn't take much force, just lots of taps of moderate force to start the screw. Once the screw is moving, can slot and use a screwdriver.

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by DrunkenDwarf on 08/19/09 at 08:12:46

I used vice grips.

-D. Dwarf

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by verslagen1 on 08/19/09 at 09:21:13

If the screw still has a head, vice grips work well.

The issue here is either locktite or corrosion.
If you reassemble with SS screws, use anti sieze.

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by matt on 08/19/09 at 09:29:22

for me, two came out fine, the other two...

1) came out with the vice grips
2) couldnt get a good grip, so i used a hacksaw and made a cut accross the top of the head as far deep as i could, took a large flathead, banged it in the groove a few times and slowly got it loose.

hth

Title: Re: Carb Cleaner
Post by ArielT on 08/19/09 at 10:18:38

5E4D5A5B44494F4D4619280 wrote:

If the screw still has a head, vice grips work well.

The issue here is either locktite or corrosion.
If you reassemble with SS screws, use anti seize.

Judging by the grime on the rest of it, I'm going to say corrosion.

Are there any screws that anti-seize would be bad on?