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I got sick of my leaking #3 carb with the loose float bowl screw, so i yanked out the carbs! Pretty easy, short of the stupid air cut valve and the throttle cables.1) Anyway, one of my float bowl screws is totally stripped. Can i get the hole helicoiled for a bigger screw and salvage the carb?2) Inside, more problems -- i pulled the primary/secondary jets to find the primary nozzle end was cracked off (where it meets the jet). I suppose the nozzle is easy to replace. Also, the two jets were bent up and scored on the ends -- like someone grabbed them with channel locks, or forced them back in (hence the damaged nozzle inside).I'm a little scared to open the other carbs. However, short of some light carbon deposits on the vacuum piston, and some sediment from the tank, the carbs are really clean!
I got sick of my leaking #3 carb with the loose float bowl screw, so i yanked out the carbs! Pretty easy, short of the stupid air cut valve and the throttle cables.1) Anyway, one of my float bowl screws is totally stripped. Can i get the hole helicoiled for a bigger screw and salvage the carb?2) Inside, more problems -- i pulled the primary/secondary jets to find the primary nozzle end was cracked off (where it meets the jet). I suppose the nozzle is easy to replace. Also, the two jets were bent up and scored on the ends -- like someone grabbed them with channel locks, or forced them back in (hence the damaged nozzle inside).I'm a little scared to open the other carbs. However, short of some light carbon deposits on the vacuum piston, and some sediment from the tank, the carbs are really clean!