ron bayless
XS650 Addict
no lube values.strictly used to dissolve varnishDoesn't MEK tend to evaporate quickly? Are there any lubrication values to MEK?
no lube values.strictly used to dissolve varnishDoesn't MEK tend to evaporate quickly? Are there any lubrication values to MEK?
I know there are guys like him.I appreciate the advice.However, I want to do this.just like the wiring.I need advice and guidance, but i want to do it.The only thing I will allow someone else to do is paint and installing tires.I am lightyears away from that need right now.The sonic cleaner is interesting.I need to come up with a way to duplicate the method short of buying a $2500 machine. I wonder if using a home depot soda blaster might work.You could turn them over to a carb specialist. There is a chap on the forum called OldSkoolCarbs and he does an incredible job on cleaning and refurbishing carbs.
....just a thought.
neanderthal? As in ripping the thing apart? No, if so, I am not going to do that.I remember about 20 years ago I had an 83 venture that blew fuses one after another.I even did the dread routine of foil over the glass fuses.Finally I decided to start taking it apart.Voila! When drilling out a rusted screw earlier I had drilled into one of the 4 coils. constant short. jb weld and its done. But i do have trouble seeing the obvious. This time it is obvious.The choke mechanisms are crudded up bad. The hot dip, I dont know what that is. What about putting them in boiling water. I saw that done on youtube.You're progressing well, Ron. Carefully and patiently, avoid going "neanderthal" out of frustration.
The carb bodies are zinc-based.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/xs650-carburetor-metalurgy-or-what-is-this-mystery-potmetal.43438/
The Berrymans carb dip works well on traditional zinc carbs.
Now, if you could do the "dip" routine in an ultrasonic cleaner, it could help to break it loose.
There's also the old-school "hot dip".
Don't know if anyone offers that anymore...
neither.anterion.Remember the hot chick in cocoon? She was from anteria.Therefore anterion.Klingon or Romulan?
hwy would trans work.I wonder if oil products can remove oil products.the junk is basically dirt mixed with oil residue.Perhaps the fluid woul work.I am leaning towards boiling.I dont see any rubber parts in the carbsJust thinking.....how about soaking them in transmission fluid? With the right sized container it shouldn't take more than two quarts.
Scott
whoa! Thanks for that headsup. Also several posts back I posted about the blue white and red white wire.Any input on that.Thanks for no boil warning.Throttle shaft seals, destroyed by boiling.
Yamaha Part # 256-14997-00-00
painted handle bars will screw this up.