CARBURETTOR Problems In Low RPMs

[darrsi]

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How much does utrasonic cleaning cost?
With the pain you're going through i'd be inclined to consider either handing it over to a pro with the bike and let them sort it, or even buying a used set of carbs.
I know that's not ideal, especially if you prefer to do stuff yourself and don't want to be beaten by it, but i'm personally too impatient and would want it sorted asap.


I dunno where you are but i've always given my bike to these lot when i've had carb/running troubles, not cheap but they certainly get the job done properly while you wait.


http://pdq1.com/services/


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R...s&_sacat=0

Yeah I like to do stuff myself since I can do a good job but I haven't done many carbs. I understand how they work but I prefer much more electronic injection as it's more reliable and you can do a custom mapping instead of painful jetting.


I'm rarely beaten by mechanical things but last month I gave up on this and took the bike to a shop for carb balancing as I thought that might be a solution but the bike came out worse and was drowning in fuel, you could just smell it. I wasn't very happy and obviously took it back but now it's just back to how it was, waste of money that was.


Used set of carbs is something I have thought about already but they all look so filthy on eBay so it would be just another cleaning job and probably a risk of getting a carb that is in a worse state than mine.


I have almost totally lost my patience on this so I called PDQ (thanks for the suggestion) and they are booked until the third week of September! I had a long chat with one of their guys though and he confirmed my suspicion about the passage that lies beneath the pilot jet. He didn't recommend ultrasonic cleaning though, old school elbow grease is much better he said. He recommended getting a nylon wire or something small into the passage, give it a scrub with carb cleaner and blow it out. Hopefully that is going to save my mentality!
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Yeah i forgot to mention PDQ are very human over the phone as well as in the workshop, they actually do give a shit about bike problems and will point you in the right direction.
Gotta remember the age of these bikes so unless you buy new then all carbs are gonna look grubby, it's what's going on inside that counts though.

For the record, a new set of carbs is £611, but you do get a free delivery  :lol