Help with carb problem....stuck float......next move?

How do i find this TOE CUTTER guy? im kinda new to forums but FEELS GREAT To Be Surrounded By Like Minds :drinkers:

 

I found and wrote TOE CUTTER maybe ill get that carb cleaning link soon

 

Thanks Tinker

 

Highly agree about the testing the carbs before installing them. I just had the fun this afternoon of a leaking float needle that filled two of my cylinders and carb throats on my VF500.

If I can't fix the corroded seat, I'll have to source one, which really sucks since the Front Range weather is supposed to be decent next week, but since most shops don't care to be open on Mondays, let alone Sundays...

 

Can someone tell me how to test the carbs before reinstalling, i musta missed the how to do part ?????

 

to bench test your carbs you set them on the bench grab a beer, open the beer, take a pull on the beer, big sigh, drink more beer. then, hook up an "IV" bottle to your fuel inlet on the carbs, it won't give you the 2/3 PSI that the fuel pump does put it will tell you if you float is set correctly as far as leaking gas, as well as your rings on the bowls..pretty simple to do AND it is wise to do so you don't instal the carbs find out they leak and have to take them off again...

 

http://vfrworld.com/forums/mechanics-garage/22449-cleaning-carbs.html here is the link for TOECUTTERs thread.

BTW your cleaning your carbs..........not rebuilding them.... (my high school shop teacher would hammer folks when they said that they rebuilt their carbs....and he asked what they did and it turned out it was just a cleaning.....he would cuss something fierce and tell us that we weren't smart enough to rebuild a carb...)

 

I like the sucking down the beer part or i wouldnt be in germany only 1 problem my carb is gravity fed no fuel pump on the sabre 750 here in Europe so how do i test it now?

 

you don't need the fuel pump... get a 2 liter bottle and a stopper(cork) make a hole in it so a fuel line tube will fit , duct tape a wire around it so it has a handle ...here is a picture to illustrate it better

something like this will work.. just remember to poke a hole in the bottom and plug it so you can remove it to allow for pressurization

 

THATS AWESOME MAN!!!!! i dont think i need to simulate a vacuum just let it free flow till i think its full huh? and hows CALI this time of year man im outside workin on my bike in the snow right now atleast i got German Beer i consider that Anti-Freeze :crazy:

 

sorry didnt see your request till now im pretty new at using a forum ill try to get some pics some day i just usually dont have a camera around and im working outside and its been -13 degrees outside and today i worked in the snow :crazy: my neigbors probly think im crazy but screw em they dont ride so they dont know why i go through this hell holding cold metal tools in my hand to get my steel horse running they just give me evil stares and complain all the time about the noise and all the things i got going on in the parking lot :chaingun: as of right now carbs r done being serviced and ready to rock i just gotta get it back in which didnt happen today i couldnt get it lined up right grrr!!! tight under the frame!!! its a pain!!! thanks for all the advice thus far

 

HERES A PIC OF MY BADBOY!!!!!! 84VF750S International Model

 

first let say I haven't had my VFR long enough to have had to do any work to it exept to replace the chain and tires, but I have had alot of old metrics. Whenever I have a carb problem but the bike starts, I drain the carbs and put in a heavy dose of sea foam and let it sit for a few days and then drain them, add fresh gas and see what happens. Many times thats all they need. If you need to break them down you can go to Bikebandit.com and they will have a complete diagram of the carbs and also list most if not all of the factory jet sizes. The diagram can also tell you where all those extra parts you have left from your kit go. And on most older metrics you have to have the airbox, pods, ect. hooked up before you test out how the carbs are. To much air they won't run right and you will think you messed up the rebuild or cleaning and start all over again. The air has to be restricted.

 

Your exactly right i did my cleaning the carb 3 times already and still dont run right so im trying to go back to the original airbox and settings and see if that helps. Will let ya know!!! P.s. We aint got no sea foam here in Germany but i heard its good stuff