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

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... ...

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.

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

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.

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.,

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/11/13 at 17:14:02:


Thank you and Thank you Justin!

I would have not gotten anyout with the tool!

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