carburetor problem
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:20 pm
Hair dryer, slow and even.
+1 on the heat idea. I have freed up varnished carb slides by putting the
carb in the oven
at 200F. Might work on the choke plunger, too.
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "boulder_adv_rider"
wrote:
------------------------------------ List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links> > I'd soak it in Liquid Wrench if you're going to soak it. Otherwise, > I'd heat it carefully with a heavy duty soldering iron or pencil > torch. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "W.V. Doran" wrote: > > > > I'm cleaning and rebuilding the CVK40 on a friends KLR. > > The bike has been sitting for a long time and the crud is thick and > everywhere. > > The problem is I cannot remove the choke plunger from the carb body. > > It has soaked in carb cleaner for hours, even tried rust remover, > nothing has worked. > > I will let it soak again tomorrow while at work.. > > Any ideas on how to get this thing out would be greatly appreciated > > TIA............. > > WVDoran > > Scottsdale, AZ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >