[url=https://forum.classicgoldwings.com/viewtopic.php?p=137644#p137644:3mib93xm said:
ekvh » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:11 pm[/url]":3mib93xm]
as i remember it was pistol pete who did your carbs so even experts can screw this up ... Why say that?? No evidence that Pete did it. He has a pretty good reputation.
Hi Guys,
Pistol Pete here,
I apologize for not joining earlier but I am now a member and you all can fire away any issues that come to light.
I just completed a search of our records back to 2008, and found McGovern's rebuild date was 3/8/2009.
However even though this time frame is nearly 5 years ago, we still would like to hear about those problems. I could not find any email from McGovern either in our current shop records that began in early 2011.
I would ask that mcgovrn61 please contact me on this forum or by email which I have posted in my identity.
First lets look at a few things:
1) We have no control over the external final finish of the carburetor bodies as some times they are stained to the point that the finish is not recoverable. Having said that customers will not find any fuel related debris. We employ several methods of cleaning and these are all Randakks approved. They have been since signing on with Randall as a carb rebuilder. We added ultrasonic cleaning two and a half years ago.
2) The metal used on a GL1100 float has been made from a 5000 series aluminum from the very first year. The way that the floats are constructed, damage can be done by "twisting" them so we do not do this and never have. However, some times the individual floats will need to be slightly torqued horizontally to get the surfaces to be in the same plane. This we do nearly every time.
We also check the volume of each float chamber after the set is ran on our test engine. If it is incorrect the float bowl is removed and the float is reset.
No set of rebuild carburetors will leave this shop if it has a known leakage from anywhere.
3) In every case, we have always sent a warranty sheet explaining how to start up "our" rebuilt set. I say ours because the set isn't finished until the customer is satisfied.
The sheet explains a "Do" list and a "Don't" list. The don't list includes in bold letters, "Do not introduce dirty fuel into this freshly rebuild set of carburetors."
All of this said; we will help get this set running correctly even if it means it should come back to us and that no one else has been inside the set other than the owner.
Thank you.
Pistol Pete