Don't do this, good way to snap off a pin.
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Link?Taking a chance and ordered a carb kit from China.
Yes I cleaned them with carb spray and WD40.
With my thumb nail I can feel a edge where the coating is missing.
XS1100 has BS34, however, they are not identical to what's on the XS650.Hey @jetmechmarty Are XS11 carbs BS34 or BS32?
One problem I had was the choke holes in the float bowls were plugged.
I finally ordered a pin vise and drilled it with a #60 bit.
Will be interesting to see how the chokes work.
Great drawing and technique DB!View attachment 258714
I hate to be a wet sock, but I'm pretty sure the #60 bit was WAY too big.
I tested the orifice with a #71 bit, and even it was too big. I couldn't further easily do testing with my micro-bits because #72 and smaller bits aren't long enough.
I have always used a single strand of copper wire, about the equivalent thickness of a #79 bit, to clean out choke orifices. It takes repeated stabbing to find the actual orifice -- first, the pick-up hole necks down at the brass fitting, then it necks down again at the actual orifice. I tried to show what I think is happening in the above drawing. The copper wire will want to hang up at the first neck-down. Once you finally find the actual orifice, it helps if you bend the copper wire into a sort of brace and bit so that you can employ a drilling motion as you try to poke at and clear out the orifice. This is all down while the pick-up hole is filled with MEK.
I have done this many, many, many times. I can usually clear a choke orifice in 5-20 minutes, depending on how badly plugged it is.
I haven't had to clear one since buying my ultrasonic cleaner, but I'm going to try it next time. I will fill a jar that is large enough to hold the float bowl with MEK, and then put the jar and bowl in the ultrasonic cleaner water bath.