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franch Senior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 287	carb float removal 03/13/08 at 13:19:36 anybody have any advice on how to remove the pin that holds the carb float ? i'm making one good carb out of 2 so-so carbs. both pins seem stuck.
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #1 - 03/13/08 at 13:37:33 If you have a pick or small center punch,tap it out LIGHTLY.Also it only comes out one way,if you notice one side has a little flange on it.
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JakeB Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 76 NE Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #2 - 03/13/08 at 14:04:51 Also a small nail will also work if you don't have a small enough punch. JakeB
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Latimer Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 81 Boston Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #3 - 03/27/08 at 18:07:22 Any other good way to go about this? Im stuck, just like the pin im trying to remove..... I've tried punching it, tried working it out with wire cutter pliars.... no luck. This pin has me at its mercy!
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #4 - 03/27/08 at 18:10:26 PB Blaster,wd40 let it sit awhile.You did notice the flanged side right?Just checking.
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Latimer Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 81 Boston Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #5 - 03/27/08 at 18:12:41 yeah, going after the flanged side. I doused the thing in PB a couple times already, guess Ill go for it again and then find a proper punch.... been using a nail.
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #6 - 03/27/08 at 18:17:44 The tip of the nail might be too big.It has to be just corroded in,because they are held in basically with the float bowl.
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #7 - 03/27/08 at 18:19:11 I haven't to take mine off but...... from Savage Greg's pict's on the card spec's thread ( http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1098869040 ) it looks the pin is shaped like a nail. CAN THAT BE RIGHT??????? If so, it would need to be pried off from one side.
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #8 - 03/27/08 at 18:21:55 That's why I was saying it had a little flange on one side,couldn't think what else to call it.
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Latimer Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 81 Boston Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #9 - 03/27/08 at 18:25:49 yeah i tried working a screwdriver or anything into the "flanged" side to pry it off, but I really couldnt get anything in there. I guess it would help if I had a proper vise, hammer, and punch instead of my lap, an old nail, and the heavy side of a screwdriver... hahah
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #10 - 03/27/08 at 18:28:52 Lap is probably better.You don't want to put to much pressure on those little tangs.
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Re: carb float removal
Reply #11 - 03/27/08 at 18:31:54

Demin wrote on 03/27/08 at 18:21:55:

That's why I was saying it had a little flange on one side,couldn't think what else to call it. Huh

So....... the pictures also show that the other side, the hole doesn't go all the way thru. Did you drill yours out so that you can push from the non-flanged side?????

Next, do you have a soldering iron? Old school methods here. Wink

Freeze the carb for a few hours then take the hot soldering iron to the metal the pin fits into (tower, bracket, thing-a-ma-bob..... pick one). Touch on it for only a short time. The metal should expand some and then you might be able to get it out....... Then again, it might be stuck stuck....... Huh

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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #12 - 03/27/08 at 18:34:01 When you freeze it, throw it in a ZIP lock bag. The better half might not want tomorrow's supper smelling like gas.....
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: carb float removal Reply #13 - 03/27/08 at 18:39:35 Both of mine the holes go the whole way through.
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Re: carb float removal
Reply #14 - 03/27/08 at 18:41:29

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"the hole doesn't go all the way thru. Did you drill yours out so that you can push from the non-flanged side?????"

Wait, I didnt drill anything out, I thought that was the other side of the pin on the non-flanged side. So I've been tapping on a cover to the pin? Oh goodness.

hmm, dont have a soldering iron, but that method might be the answer, i think its truly stuck otherwise.

This stuck pin goes along well with the rest of my bike, everything appears to be stuck.... front brake pin.... 4 screws on top of carb... the frame of my bike in my backyard until i get this carb fixed....

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