Oh, ok. You're on your way, then.
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device-------- Original message --------From: "'Ross M. Jamison' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Date: 9/9/2016 10:28 AM (GMT-05:00) To: EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> Cc: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fuel system Thank you for the advice. I have a lot of experience rebuilding carbs. Used to do it all the time when carbs were the thing. If I tear these down, I'm planning a complete rebuild Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 9, 2016, at 8:27 AM, EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ross, as you know, they sell carb kits on the web, usually for around $20 a > set, meaning a Nighthawk will be $80. I don't know how many times you've > cleaned carbs, but I only bought kits the first time. If your bike is dumping > raw gas on the tranny, chances are you'll need needle valves (available > separately) or o-rings (can use the ones in the Harbor Freight assortments). > My most recent PC800 purchase had the RPMs hanging up high between shifts and > a popping noise at idle. I pulled the carbs, took everything off without > "breaking the rack," soaked the bodies for a day in Yamalube carb dip (safe > for rubber parts) and the jets in Berriman Chem Dip, reassembled, put back > on, and synced. Within 24 hours, the thing was running fine. > > My point is that what they usually need the idle and slow jets cleaned out > because those are the smallest passages. Also the vacuum passages (and all > passages) need to be blown out with compressed air. If you were thinking that > "rebuild" = "rebuild kits," personally I would say "save your money." > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/FS5FwqEl5lk/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
