SuzukiSavage.com - Print Page

SuzukiSavage.com
/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl
General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Carb clean/service
/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1363019081

Message started by JRLeathercraft on 03/11/13 at 09:24:41

Title: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/11/13 at 09:24:41

Hi
My savage has been sitting up for a year
Or so in Colorado.

I need to service mr carb.

I've watch videos on YouTube and read
The clymer.

I've hot the small gasket kid and dome carb
Cleaner .

Any thought advice. It doesn't seen too
Bad of a job.

Thank you. Jay

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/11/13 at 09:25:43

Sorry abut the typos :) iPhone

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Serowbot on 03/11/13 at 09:57:49

1. don't strip any screws... (removing the screws is not getting to the job... it is the job)...
...so, concentrate on getting each screw out cleanly, without stripping it, loosing it, or damaging the threads...
2. give yourself room... clear a dining table size area, so that when that tiny part runs off,.. you can find it...
3. There's a brass washer under the main jet,.. don't forget it...
4. If you can't get the main jet to thread back in... the jet needle tube has slipped upward in the shaft... put your finger into the intake inlet and push it back down...
5. replace the float bowl and top cover screws with allen heads... (makes it easier next time)...

That's all I can think of... off hand...
Good luck,... don't rush... ;)...

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Charon on 03/11/13 at 12:23:45

Before you start, put a reasonably clean light-colored towel or equivalent on your work surface. That way, dropped parts don't bounce or roll quite so easily and they are easier to spot. After you get the carburetor off the bike, but before you start taking it apart, spray it down with carb cleaner or solvent. It is much easier and more pleasant to work on something that isn't covered in grime.

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/11/13 at 12:36:06

If you dont have a handheld impact, Id sure suggest one.

A #2 Philips is a stripped screw waiting to happen. You can knock the tip flat on a grinder & mess with it till it sits into the screw head fully or get JIS screwdrivers,
There are 2 tiny screws down inside. Mess them up & youre in a bind.

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/11/13 at 14:13:02

435C5A5D40477646764E5C501B290 wrote:

Hi
Thanks for the information.
Could you send me a picture or link
Of the kind of impact tool?

I have a large air impact wrench.

Thank you. Jay

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Blinky on 03/11/13 at 14:29:07

Could you send me a picture or link
Of the kind of impact tool?

This one worked for me.
Good hunting
http://www.harborfreight.com/7-piece-reversible-impact-driver-set-93481.html

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/11/13 at 17:14:02

If thats the same long skinny phillips bit I got, it Will bust the 2 little screws out.,

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by MileHiRider on 03/11/13 at 17:17:53

Before you start pounding on your carb. with an impact screwdriver,
go to your local Lowe's (they're the only place I've seen them) and
get a couple of the phillips tips with teeth. I think they're made by
Bosch, I started using these a couple years ago and they have not
failed to remove a good, undamaged phillips screw. They are just
the tip so you'll need to come up with a handle or adapter to 1/4"
for a socket wrench. By teeth I mean they have small ridges on
the part that fits into the screw head, they fit so well the screw will
stay on the tip as if magnetized.

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/11/13 at 17:20:17

Thanks everyone.

It's the little things on a project like this
That can get you:)

Nice to have a good resource like this one.

Thank you. Jay

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/11/13 at 17:21:19

Before you apply torque, set the screwdriver tip into the screw & LOOK at where the tip falls in the X. If it doesnt lay into the X fully, youre set up to shaft yourself.,

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by MiCTLaN on 03/11/13 at 19:57:10

If you're planning on soaking everything down with carb cleaner, make sure you take out both the diaphragm attached to the slide AND the diaphragm in the TEV whatchamajigger on the side of the carb. Neither one is cheap to replace if you ruin them with cleaner.

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/14/13 at 19:25:02

213E383F22251424142C3E32794B0 wrote:

If thats the same long skinny phillips bit I got, it Will bust the 2 little screws out.,

Thank you and Thank you Justin!

I would have not gotten anyout with the tool!

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/15/13 at 15:20:36

Handy sunnuvagun, aint it? Its like they KNew there were 2 tiny little screws buried somewhere that would be needin That bit.. UhMazin,,

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/15/13 at 15:27:08

I used it actually on every screw.
The outside ones would have stripped too

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Digger on 03/16/13 at 20:39:30

5F5B5E575A5B405B565740320 wrote:

Mile,

P/N?

TIA!

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by MileHiRider on 03/17/13 at 07:01:57

TIA...

Bosch P2102

Mile

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Oldfeller on 03/17/13 at 07:27:22

7773767F727368737E7F681A0 wrote:

TIA...

Bosch P2102

Mile

http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com/kmj3v.qwgs5/v/vspfiles/photos/BOS-P2102-2.jpg?1357559458

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by JRLeathercraft on 03/17/13 at 07:32:36

I picked up some from lowes!
Thank you. Jay

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by kingart3 on 03/17/13 at 08:31:35

I ran into a similar problem back when I had a 250cc Chinese scooter. What exactly are they making these carbs out of? The metal seems quite soft.

After the last disaster I was tempted to replace any screw I could with stainless steel.

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Digger on 03/18/13 at 18:36:54

4044414845445F4449485F2D0 wrote:

TIA...

Bosch P2102

Mile

Mile,

Thnx! [smiley=thumbup.gif]

Title: Re: Carb clean/service
Post by Mattdw on 03/19/13 at 09:38:11

I replaced every screw I could with "normal" stainless steel socket head screws. Life is much simpler for future cleanings.