Cleaning the carbs 1: Difference between revisions

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Find a BIG container/bucket and some sort of fine wire rack or mesh sieve (like ones for a BBQ grill) that fits inside. The mesh will let all the yucky stuff that falls off settle on the bottom, and you won't have to fish around in the murky fluid looking for one washer or small bolt/screw. Pour enough of the Pine-Sol solution into the bucket to cover the carbs.

Soak the carbs and parts for about four days. Scrub the open areas just a bit with a toothbrush and green scrubby. Then do a normal [[Cleaning the carbs 2|carb cleaning]] for the jets and interior passages of the carbs. The ~~set of CBR600~~ carbs shown ~~in the pictures~~ at the top of this section now look like this, and the bike starts and runs well, without a lot of hard work.

Soak the carbs and parts for about four days. Scrub the open areas just a bit with a toothbrush and green scrubby. Then do a normal [[Cleaning the carbs 2|carb cleaning]] for the jets and interior passages of the carbs.

The carbs shown at the top of this section, from a bike that had sat outside so long there were chunks of dry-rotted tread falling off the tires, now look like this, and the bike starts and runs well, without a lot of hard work.

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 Find a BIG container/bucket and some sort of fine wire rack or mesh sieve (like ones for a BBQ grill) that fits inside. The mesh will let all the yucky stuff that falls off settle on the bottom, and you won't have to fish around in the murky fluid looking for one washer or small bolt/screw. Pour enough of the Pine-Sol solution into the bucket to cover the carbs.
-Soak the carbs and parts for about four days. Scrub the open areas just a bit with a toothbrush and green scrubby. Then do a normal [[Cleaning the carbs 2|carb cleaning]] for the jets and interior passages of the carbs. The set of CBR600 carbs shown in the pictures at the top of this section now look like this, and the bike starts and runs well, without a lot of hard work.
+Soak the carbs and parts for about four days. Scrub the open areas just a bit with a toothbrush and green scrubby. Then do a normal [[Cleaning the carbs 2|carb cleaning]] for the jets and interior passages of the carbs.
+The carbs shown at the top of this section, from a bike that had sat outside so long there were chunks of dry-rotted tread falling off the tires, now look like this, and the bike starts and runs well, without a lot of hard work.
 [[image:CBR600F 009.jpg|150px]]