Slide and needle question

[tclayton9]

When I took the needles out of the slides on my carbs, I had a feeling whoever treid to clean the carbs f#$## up. The jet needle tips( the pointed ends) were coming up through the base of the slides and the tips were coming through the emulsion tubes. But i seen a video on wiki on this site that showed the needles in an opposite direction. Is this correct?

[Clanky]

Sounds like yours are set up properly if I'm reading you right.

Here's a pic to clarify:



Take a look at this thread on a carb rebuild:
http://s93420228.onlinehome.us/fzr/carbs/

and if you don't have a manual yet use some online parts catalogues for manufacturer's drawings as a reference (they're always good to use because you can expand the images to see the parts clearer than a normal manual):

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Y ... parts.html

[tclayton9]

yes they are right thank you. what can I soak my carbs into to clean them 100% clean. A shop wanted to charge 200 dollars to clean them in a special cleaner only they had. Were they B'sing

[DonTZ125]

"Carb cleaner".

$200 is not completely unreasonable; 3 hours to pull, strip, assemble, and re-install the carbs @ $65-70/hr = $195-210.

[tclayton9]

Thats what they were charging me with the carbs off of the bike. I did it myself and didnt take me more than 2 hours. Whoever had the carbs before me cleaned the carbs badly and o-rings were missing and gaskets torn.

[mossyoakboy]

barrymans b12 works real good if your lookin to soak em.... I wouldn't put anything other than metal in it tho