carb rebuild

Discussion in 'Tech Discussion' started by sikazz, June 30, 2009.

  1. sikazz

    sikazz Member

    hey guys im going to try redo my gaskets on my carb how do u go about cleaning it up and were is the best place to buy a gasket set for twin carb , or is it best to send to shop and get them to do it ?
  2. mish

    mish Member

    you kan get gasket kits on trademe, do one at a time in a tray or on paper etc get some carb clean, a scraper blade to remove old gasket but be carful with it and have a good set of screw drivers and you be away, make sure to count number of turns on mixture screws..
  3. knoxie

    knoxie Active Member

    yeah as mish mentioned , make sure you use the correct size screw drivers as its fairly as to strip the head of a fair few of the screws on a carb if it aint been apart in ages.
  4. sikazz

    sikazz Member

    sweet ill try find a carb kit ,i got plenty of screw drivers (sparky),can i take the needle out and clean it or is it best to leave it ?
  5. sikazz

    sikazz Member

    also how do i know what size carb it is?
  6. roscoe1

    roscoe1 Member

    diameter of the inlet
  7. mish

    mish Member

    yep take it all apart,make sure needle valve is sweet ie no groove in it from sitting in the seat. yep sparky screwdrivers are gem for removing jets etc
  8. sikazz

    sikazz Member

    sweet ill buy a couple of them and give it a go ,cheers
  9. mish

    mish Member

    Hay sikass how the carb rebuild go?
  10. sikazz

    sikazz Member

    havnt got gasket sets yet ,waiting on order from atlantic to arrive ,its all striped and cleaned just need to place back together
  11. mish

    mish Member

    oh swet