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How do I clean my carbs? |
Ive been told by many people on previoyus questions that the carbs in my bike need to be cleaned. I have a 2000 suzuki bandit with stock keihin carbs. whats the easiest way to clean these. ive tried to use carb cleaner through the fuel system and have not had luck. is their an alternative to cleaning them myself without taking the bike to a shop? i have the servive manual as well with schematics. I just don't know where to begin. step by step instructions would be great but i'll take whatever help is offerred. thank you U R better of having it done by someone who has done this sort of thing before. It is better to take the carb's off to clean them properly. It takes some time and knowledge of basic carb setup. Get a repair manual and U will C what I mean. i dunno CRC makes a carb cleaner you spray into them after you take the air cleaners or velocity stacks off... the truly mechanical can dismantle the carb and soak it in this stuff and re assemble.... this stuff is a dream Suzuki Bandits come in 600 & 1200cc. Please specify which model you have when asking questions in the future. There aren't any cleaners you can add to the gas that will thoroughly clean your carbs. They will have to be removed and dissasembled. To remove carbs -Turn off petcock and remove fuel line. -Remove fuel tank. -Drain carbs. The drain screw is on the bottom of each float bowl. -Loosen throttle cables. -Unplug the ThrottlePositioningSensor. -Loosen all 8 clamps holding carbs to manifolds. Slide the 4 air box minifold clamps back. It might be easer to remove them from the manifolds, but it'll be tricky to get them back on. -Spray WD40 to the manifolds. It'll be easir to slide the carbs out. -Remove throttle cables. -Remove all 4 float bowls. -If there is any dirt/rust/gunky gas - clean it out with carb cleaner. -The most common problem of dirty carbs, are the pilot jets getting clogged with bad gas. The pilot jets are long and thin. -Hold them up to light. You should be able to see through them. -If not, clean them by spraying with carb cleaner. -If they're really bad, fill a small cup with cleaner and let them soak overnight. -Remove the carb tops and throttle slides. -Clean the slides and needles. -Spray through every hole in the carb. Cleaner should come out another passage-way if they are clean. Don't forget to operate the choke. -When you re-assemble the carbs, attach a fuel source to make sure you don't have any leaks. within the past year Motorcycle Consumer News had a very detailed explanation on how to do this. Google MCNews, Motorcycle Consumer news to see if it is archived. BTW...great magazine to subscribe to. |
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