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Carb Cleaning

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I watched a video on you tube today where they placed the carb bodies from a honda shadow in boiling water to clean them. Is this for real?:confused:
 
No
But, water and lemon juice or Simple green or other cleaners is a common usage

But, why would you look on Youtube when you have a proven method available here?
 
Lemon juice is a bad idea. Yes it will eat the crud out but it will also make the aluminum very dark grey from the chemical reaction of the citric acid. For a 20 dollar bucket of Berrymans at Walmart you good for maybe 10 to 15 full teardowns...so basically 2 dollars a rebuild.
 
I love it here!

I love it here!

A friend has a Honda Shadow. I have 2 GS750s, i would never look anyplace else for them! I swear!! When one of the guys in the video said the hot water contracted and as it cooled it expanded forcing its way out i thought it was a joke.
 
PaulNic said:
A friend has a Honda Shadow. I have 2 GS750s, i would never look anyplace else for them! I swear!! When one of the guys in the video said the hot water contracted and as it cooled it expanded forcing its way out i thought it was a joke.
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Only if he flunked physics and chemistry

Water expands as it gets hot, contracts when it cools, then expands again at 33.2 F
 
Not if you are doing a carb cleaning but it works well to get out the grease if you are going to paint them.
 
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