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Stuck carb float pin.
11/03/13 at 22:21:58
Nearly didn't get home on last ride. Used very little throttle and short shifted to nurse her home, so cleaning carb. I figure the main jet has a little dirt since it bucks and snorts from wide open to no power at all. Float pin was stuck solid. I used a vibrating metal engraver on the end of the pin witthout the flat head. I was very careful to have solid metal supporting the carb leg underneath so as to not break it. You have to have a hole for the head to go through on your support. The engraver nib has to be small enough, also. It took a couple of minutes before I notice a small space under the head of the pin. After bending a couple of finishing nails used as punches I dug up my nailset with a tiny point and, again with support, drove the pin out. Going to tear it all the way down when I get time. If there's dirt in one place, it's probably in other places, too. I have never seen a float pin stuck in place like this one.
I added this to SavageWahine's excellent "Carb cleaning the island way" in the tech section
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Re: Stuck carb float pin.
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11/03/13 at 22:32:40
Hey!.. way to not booger the float mounts and need a new carb!...
I was expecting one of those...
"Uh oh,.. what do I do now?"... posts...
Nice work...
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... good lesson of gentle patience...
...(I need that lesson myself, sometimes)...
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