Graham, doesn’t sound very reassuring but I have to do it all the same. Will post if any questions arise. Thanks again.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Graham Rogers <grahamjoanrog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here’s what I do Jenya. Yours is a CB650SC Nighthawk right or a 700S, same > process. Once you get the carbs out and the throttle cables and choke cable > detached, go out and celebrate. That and reinstalling is the hardest part. I > then remove the float bowls, fill them with carb cleaner and let them sit in > Luigi’s Italian ice cups (mango flavor). Then I remove the jets, ( the main > and low speed jets). I drop them into another small container of carb cleaner > and let them sit. Then I spray out the carb body with carb cleaner spray. > Then I turn the carbs upside down (actually - the right way up) and remove > the diaphragm covers, remove the diaphragm slides, springs and clean them > all, checking for holes or tears in the diaphragms. Again, I spray out the > carb body and use compressed air through all the passages. Sometimes, when I > remember, I remove and clean the mixture screws. If the carbs are really > dirty and the jets gummed up I’ll let them soak overnight. Next day, spray > carb cleaner through the jets and reassemble. > Before reinstalling the carbs, check the carb boot bolts to make sure they > are tight. Reinstalling the carbs, getting the cables back in place may take > longer than cleaning the carbs themselves. > This morning I did all that on a Nighthawk 700S. Got everything back together > and it’s only running on 3 out of 4 cylinders. I may have to start over, > Graham > >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 1:30 PM Jenya Spektor <skaspek...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all - coming back to this thread. So I am about the get the carbs out and >> start the break down process. >> Few helpful hints for me if you please: >> 1. What is the best cleaner for the carb parts that works well and is safe >> for the 36 yo carbs. >> 2. Once I clean and put it all together, is there a way or a kind of liquid >> that I can fill the carbs with to check for leaks? >> Thank you in advance, Jenya >> >>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 7:14 PM EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I've cleaned carbs a lot of times but only broken the rack once to replace >>> the o-rings in the fuel tubes. I used the o-rings from the millimeter set >>> of nitrile o-rings at Harbor Freight. The tiniest ones also work well on >>> the mixture screws in the carbs. I fixed the carbs and had 100 o-rings >>> left for $5 or so. Such a deal. >>> -- >>> 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. >> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jenya Spektor >> 917.202.3080 >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
