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I got my Randakk's kit the other day so I pulled the carbs for a cleaning. Seems as though the PO had them apart and didn't change any of the seals. They look pretty clean so far but I'm wondering how I can check the float bowls to make sure they don't leak.
I though about submerging them in a can of gas using weights to hold them just below the surface and see if they stay floating overnight. Could I do the same test with water (safer)?
Also is there any easy wayof bench testing the needle and seat. I know to inspect them and change them in pairs but I'd really like to know that they are going to seal without putitng the carbs back on the bike. I thought about using a 6PSI fuel pump I have to pressurize the supply passages but I'm not sure if that's too much pressure.
The carbs came off because the front two were leaking gas into the air box really badly. It would run across the air box floor and into the back two carbs. I assumed it was the fuel seals between the carb and the air box. Inspection of the two right side carbs shows the seals are there but old and hard so that is probably it. I just want to do what ever I can to keep from having to take the carbs back off.
I got my Randakk's kit the other day so I pulled the carbs for a cleaning. Seems as though the PO had them apart and didn't change any of the seals. They look pretty clean so far but I'm wondering how I can check the float bowls to make sure they don't leak.
I though about submerging them in a can of gas using weights to hold them just below the surface and see if they stay floating overnight. Could I do the same test with water (safer)?
Also is there any easy wayof bench testing the needle and seat. I know to inspect them and change them in pairs but I'd really like to know that they are going to seal without putitng the carbs back on the bike. I thought about using a 6PSI fuel pump I have to pressurize the supply passages but I'm not sure if that's too much pressure.
The carbs came off because the front two were leaking gas into the air box really badly. It would run across the air box floor and into the back two carbs. I assumed it was the fuel seals between the carb and the air box. Inspection of the two right side carbs shows the seals are there but old and hard so that is probably it. I just want to do what ever I can to keep from having to take the carbs back off.