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Carb cleaner/dip

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I am about to take a deep breath and strip thecarbs on my 82 GS850.

I will, of course, follow the instructions in the carb rebuild posts! ;)

I have been unable to find carb cleaning dip in the UK.
We only seem to have spray cans here.

Any suggestions please?:confused:
 
buy an ultrasonic cleaner, not too dear but works wonders. you can buy carb cleaning solution for it as well. comes out like brand new
 
Not to hijack a post but Pinesol? Has anyone used that, would be awesome if it worked.
 
Pinesol will work but be sure to dilute it.

Before you bust the carbs down make sure to support the float post as detailed in these photos.

Also, use some spray cleaner to verify the various passages are open after you wash off the pinesol mixture.

Good luck


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Okay my ignorance will once again bee shone. Why are we supporting the float post, did you pull the pin and put something back in its place? I am a little confused about this step? Okay maybe a lot confused :confused: of course my wife would say I live in that state. :eek: I read that post Adler linked and they talked about leaving everything ganged together.
 
I also could not find carb dip for mine, so I just did a simple three step process, first I gave them a good scrubbing in a bucket filled with water/clean green mix, then climbed into them with a can of Wynns carb cleaner and finally chucked them in a pot on the stove and boiled them for half an hour, just to be sure, I recon they pretty damn clean now.
You will be amazed at the dirty ring left on the pot by the boiling, even after the clean green and carb cleaner.

Just be warned, the boling water may discolour the aluminium, but I was painting mine anyway, so it didn't matter to me.
 
Redneck said:
Okay my ignorance will once again bee shone. Why are we supporting the float post, did you pull the pin and put something back in its place? I am a little confused about this step? Okay maybe a lot confused :confused: of course my wife would say I live in that state. :eek: I read that post Adler linked and they talked about leaving everything ganged together.
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The only way to properly clean the carbs is to take them apart.

The float pin is a press fit, and the float post likes to snap off when you drive the pin out. There are lots of folks around here that have destroyed carb bodies this way.
 
Nessism said:
The only way to properly clean the carbs is to take them apart.

The float pin is a press fit, and the float post likes to snap off when you drive the pin out. There are lots of folks around here that have destroyed carb bodies this way.
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is this only associated with cv carbs? my vm26 carb float pins are just a slide fit but the shape of the float bowl prevents them from coming out
 
Redneck said:
Okay my ignorance will once again bee shone. Why are we supporting the float post, did you pull the pin and put something back in its place? I am a little confused about this step? Okay maybe a lot confused :confused: of course my wife would say I live in that state. :eek: I read that post Adler linked and they talked about leaving everything ganged together.
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You can leave everything ganged together if your only goal is to clean the carbs.

BUT, ... if you are hoping to clean the carbs so that they work better, it only makes sense to replace the o-rings, too. In order to change the o-rings, the carbs have to come apart to change the o-rings on the fuel transfer tubes between the carbs. You also need to remove the floats to gain access to the float valve, because there is an o-ring on it, too.

I have not checked into the effectiveness of Pine-Sol as a carb cleaner. Yeah, it's probably pretty good at removing the crud from the outside, but what about the gummed-up varnish that is clogging the little passages on the inside of the carbs?

Thanks, but for now, I'll stick with my Berryman's. :o

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Agemax said:
is this only associated with cv carbs? my vm26 carb float pins are just a slide fit but the shape of the float bowl prevents them from coming out
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Good point! My comment about breaking off float posts is related to BS/CV carbs.:o
 
If proper carb dip sauce is unavailable I don't think there is anything wrong with trying something else. I tried lemon juice one time and it worked better than nothing but 1) it turned the carb body dark and 2) it didn't clean as good as the real carb dip.
 
Carb dip / cleaner

Carb dip / cleaner

Thanks for the additional photo's of the float post removal.;)

Still looking for a substitute carb dip or other stuff available in England.

As usual brilliant advice, thanks again.:)
 
Chris Bohane said:
Thanks for the additional photo's of the float post removal.;)

Still looking for a substitute carb dip or other stuff available in England.

As usual brilliant advice, thanks again.:)
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there is loads available in england mate, try google or ebay. its everywhere
 
Try a Yamaha dealer for Yamalube carb dip.

Used that on mine (no Berrymans style dip over here either) in a ratio of 2:1 carb solution to water.

As per a tip from Suzuki_Don, I boiled them in the solution for about 30 minutes, just a rolling boil not a violent boil.

Be careful if you do it this way, the stuff absolutely stinks. I did it in the garage which is downstairs and the smell went up into and through the whole house... my wife was not impressed...
 
I used Berryman's and am thoroughly unimpressed. Left more than one carb in for up to 72 hours and still dirty enough to use tooth, small wire brush in bowls, Q tips etc. next go around will try Pine-sol.
 
I used pinesol in a crock pot on low, cleaned pretty well, but turned body darker. terrylee
 
I used Pine-Sol on my carbs.Did a spray cleaner job at the time I got it.Did a http://www.cycleorings.com/ kit at the same time.
This is how they looked before I did anything
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And after the spray can job,
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They worked OK but I knew they could be better,
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Took them completely apart an put them in a 4to1 solution of Pine Sol
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Added some personal touches after
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This it the first I've heard of using Pine Sol. I wish I would have heard this a couple days ago. Oh well, the third carb is currently soaking, completely disassembled, in Berryman's. Only one more to go. Berryman's works pretty good as far as my experience shows. Just be sure to rinse it off with water after the soak.
 
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