We tell the newbies all the time how important it is to clean the carburetors correctly by dipping them for 24 hours if they've never been touched or at least a few hours if they have been recently done with the full job. Josh also supposed that his ZRX probably needed another carb cleaning due to possible junk in his pilot jets. Ed's fantastic tutorial explains the jets, especially the pilot jet, must be open. This is all known but what's not very well explained is what to do when we see an issue the cleaning won't resolve.
For instance, I'm cleaning my carbs because when I parked the bike before my accident last year, I didn't add any Stabil to the fuel. They were last fully dipped two years ago using the procedures written on the board at the time. In September, I removed the carbs and put them in the house untreated and that's where they sat until a few days ago. Now, I stripped and dipped each carb for 4 to 5 hours and see a difference in most everything. Carb spray is coming out of opposite orifices as best I can tell (still need to check the choke pickup tube) and most everything looks clear. I can poke a thin strand from a standard 18 gauge wire through the pilot, needle, and main jets without obstruction.
Or so I think. While looking through each of the pilot jets, I'm seeing a thin strand of something. I think it's gunk but not sure as I can spray the compressed air and nothing moves (using my air compressor). I intend to redip all of the pilot jets tomorrow along with the bowls but am wanting to ask for advice on what else I can do to remove any strands of anything inside of them.
Options?
THanks.
For instance, I'm cleaning my carbs because when I parked the bike before my accident last year, I didn't add any Stabil to the fuel. They were last fully dipped two years ago using the procedures written on the board at the time. In September, I removed the carbs and put them in the house untreated and that's where they sat until a few days ago. Now, I stripped and dipped each carb for 4 to 5 hours and see a difference in most everything. Carb spray is coming out of opposite orifices as best I can tell (still need to check the choke pickup tube) and most everything looks clear. I can poke a thin strand from a standard 18 gauge wire through the pilot, needle, and main jets without obstruction.
Or so I think. While looking through each of the pilot jets, I'm seeing a thin strand of something. I think it's gunk but not sure as I can spray the compressed air and nothing moves (using my air compressor). I intend to redip all of the pilot jets tomorrow along with the bowls but am wanting to ask for advice on what else I can do to remove any strands of anything inside of them.
Options?
THanks.
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