#12:
Author: usmc_dad_0341, Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010
4:58 pm
Years ago I had a similar
problem. Bike had been stored with fuel in the carbs by the PO.. That fuel
combined with the salt sea atomoshpere, and severely gummed both carbs but
the #2 one in particular.
I cleaned both carbs using an old school
(read strong - heavy duty, chems-no-longer-available) carb cleaner three
times over. To no avail. Learned a lot about pulling Virag carbs. Got
so good at it that I could pull and re-install them in <40 minutes!
Each effort produced mixed results. Numerous float level checks, float
"bind" checks, etc., but always the same results. My bike ran like shyt.
I finally solved the carb issue when I had a buddy dunk the carb
that fed my #2 jug (front) and clean it with his ultrasonic cleaner. A
minor passage in one carb was probably clogged. However, by this time the
carb holders were so shot from the abuse of "put on, take off, x 3," that
I had an immediate intake leak.
Faced with buying new carb
holders, I threw in the towel and opted to go with the P901 Intake and an
HSr40 carb.
Chief, out |