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I cleaned my carbs recently and I was able to get carbs 1 and 4 ' s out but the middle 2 were completely stuck, I soaked them in pb blaster for a few hours almost crushed one grabbing it with vice grips. They rocked back and forth a little but I just couldn't get them out. So I reassembled them and they ran strong for about 4000 miles. I a can of seafoam through the bike this week and now I think the needle seats are leaking because the bike runs very rich even at 1 turn out on the idle mix screws. I have a feeling the seafoam dissolved some gunk or the remaining seal around that needle seat. I'm going to tear the carbs apart this weekend again and try to get them out. Any tips on removing them? I'm out of ideas.
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Just buy some new ones. Sometimes there's no way around just destroying them. BTDT
The rubber on the O-rings is hard and cracked and fuel is leaking past them. One of the reasons I prefer the older carbs.Greg
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80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
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Rather than rocking them, try to "unscrew" the seat. I know it's pressed in, but twisting as you pull it out should help. Last resort, air pressure! Get a blow gun hooked up to 125psi, and put it into the fuel inlet of the carb. DO MAKE SURE you have something to catch the seat! and no, a brown paper bag probably will NOT work....
If the air just flows out, put in a bit of paper as a plug. But DO BE CAREFUL!! The seat CAN cause serious bodily damage when it lets go!
Ray Matteis
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That's what I'm thinking, I'll just order some. Ill drill a hole through the old ones perpendicular to the needle hole, put a long bar through the hole and twist it. I already have the o rings.Originally posted by BA80 View Post1980 XS1100 SG
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....careful, there is a tube shaped metal filter screen behind thereOriginally posted by Joe02151 View Post
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Yeah the filters on the other 2 were pretty gummed up. Mikesxs has everything I need, thanks guys.Originally posted by motoman View Post....careful, there is a tube shaped metal filter screen behind there.1980 XS1100 SG
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They're notched... how are you gonna twist them out?Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
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'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
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The emultion tube is the one with the notch, not the seat.2H7 (79) owned since '89
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OK.. was read before coffee this morning. I was thinking slide needle. Sorry.. Proceed.
Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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I use a small set of channel locks that i can get on it and twist and rock back an forth. Not too worried about marring the outside, just have to make sure i don't deform it and get the inside oval shaped.Harry
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'84 FJ1100
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Took two of us(3Phase) to get mine out of the Venturers carbs a couple yrs. back. One of us holding carb bank down and other LIGHTLY snapping a pair of needle nose vice grips vertically on seat and pulling up while rocking carefully back and forth. Trying to rotate them will just really scun up the outside of them. Persistance is key, took some thirty min. for two of us to remove them without damaging anything in order to replace the o-rings.
81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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