Carb cleaning service (not an ad)

[joebloggs]

I've just been in touch with a member of another forum who will strip and ultrasonically clean and rebuild carbs for £60 inc return postage. Thats £60 for the set, not each. Of course if any parts are required you'll have to pay for them but thats a bloody bargain, I've seen adds asking for £45 per carb.

I've not had mine done yet but will post results when I get them back

[Freck]

Just hope it's not a case of 'you get what you pay for'  :rolleyes

[joebloggs]

Just hope it's not a case of 'you get what you pay for'  :rolleyes

He's had very good feedback on the forum over several years, probably not a long job if you have spent years stripping and rebuilding them.

[Simon.Pieman]

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Just hope it's not a case of 'you get what you pay for'  :rolleyes

He's had very good feedback on the forum over several years, probably not a long job if you have spent years stripping and rebuilding them.
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It's actually not a long job if you are doing it for the first time. Carbs arn't terribly complex and if you use a Haynes manual and take a little care, removing jets, slides etc and cleaning them with the right solvent before replacing them it's a piece of cake. The only difficult part is setting float heights and pilot screws on reassembly sometimes but that's hardly rocket science. All in the Haynes book.
You only need to ultrasonically clean carbs if they are very badly gummed up, a solvent and a can of compressed air is enough to clean up most carbs even on bikes that have been laid up for quite a long while.
Some might throw their hands up at even attempting a carb strip but if you are somone who does other jobs on your bike it's not beyond you to have a go.

[tommyardin]

I've just been in touch with a member of another forum who will strip and ultrasonically clean and rebuild carbs for £60 inc return postage. Thats £60 for the set, not each. Of course if any parts are required you'll have to pay for them but thats a bloody bargain, I've seen adds asking for £45 per carb.

I've not had mine done yet but will post results when I get them back

FUCK I'm sure I sent 4 away, anyone know who to adapt the carb rubbers to suit the triple carb setup. :lol

[celticdog]

Are you sure it wasn't just the carb restrictors you sent off Tommy? How have you been managing on 33bhp all this time!?!  :eek

[HarryHornby]

Ultrasonic cleaning...... we have an expert on that subject here on our forum.......  :rollin

[Dead Eye]

Shut it!

I love how I can disappear for a few months and then on the front page of posts there will still be something like this come up...