NoRiders said:
Righto....in lieu of the new m/c arriving early next week, I'm onto the carbs/throttle.
We all know what a dirty set of carbs looks like, but I'l still leave these with you for comparative purposes later on.
I managed to find time this arvo to set about the carbs, laboriously working my way through each carb (remembering to mark them) having undone the link bars and choke mechanism, finally separating them by the fuel/vacuum pipes and disengaging the throttle levers.
Stage 1: Degreasing outside with h/d de-greaser which is excellent, brisk scrub using her hair dye applicator brush, nice and stiff but flat and ideal for getting into nooks and crannies.
Stage 2: On the bench, a quick wipe and then strip down choke plunger, polish ready to go back. Remove diaphragm cap to clean inside and replace with cleaned up caps. Replaced one diaphragm as the seal had mishapen on the old one making the piston slower to rise than the others. Remove float bowl, bit of crud low down but nothing too onerous (given the time it's sat), quick Wurth carb cleaner get it very clean, very quickly, awesome stuff.
Stage 3: Rebuild each carb (did this as I went, one at a time) replacing some screws with allen/button screws instead. Replaced the fuel link pipe O rings. Wire-wheeled small brackets and fixing bars which came out OK I think.
NB: I would've struggled if I didn't have the spare set to use as a guide, priceless!
I hope the float bowl seals don't leak as I reused the old one's (gulp), all in all I'm very pleased with the way they look, not too flashy, just purposefully clean and smart
Thanks for checking in everyone. Colin