Rejetting the Carburetors (step 1)
I plan on getting a new 4 into 1 exhaust and also installing some Uni air filters. That means I need to rejet the carbs. Luckily my new 115 main jets have just arrived.
My plan: Remove the carbs and do all the disassembling, cleaning, and re-jetting in the comfort of my screened-in porch instead of doing it in my backyard, with the heat and mosquitos.
Step 1: Remove the carburetors.
The throttle cable had to be taken off first, but I didn’t bother taking any pics since I already covered that earlier.
There were a few bolts on top and a few on the bottom.
After I the bolts were removed I just slid the whole assembly out and to the left.
Engine without carbs.
My carburetors.
I wanted to drain the float bowls before I took the carb assembly inside so I loosened the drain plug for each carb and drained the gasoline into a plastic bottle. I also wanted to make sure I didn’t stink up my porch so I removed the float bowls and cleaned them of any remaining gas.
Float bowls removed except for last carb.
All done.
Rubber gaskets are in good condition.
My ghetto style reminder for which bowl and screw sets belongs to which carb.
Tomorrow morning I’ll pull out the main jets and push in the new ones.
Now’s the time to polish up the float bowl covers and top caps (they are aluminum and polish up nice and bright). I have been using a Dremmel tool with tripoli paste for the real dull stuff and finishing it with McGuires aluminum paste for a bright shine. It takes time and patience but it looks NICE when it is done.