Need some carb advice

[backlander]

During this tear down I'm in middle of, I removed the air filter and found this which does not look normal to me but I'm not a carb guru so I thought I would throw this out for comments from ya"ll. The bike starts, idles, hauls butt, and accellerates from a lug and doesn't stumble, spit, cough, hesitate or backfire and when you twist the throttle you better be holding on. I'm just trying to head off a problem before it gets bigger, if there is one. Any ideas ? I run the atf and no methanol gas. It's showing 116,00 miles on it.

 

[dan filipi]

Looks to me like old gas residue. Unless there's raw gas there or your getting bad gas mileage (below 35 is bad to me) I wouldn't worry about a thing.
Shooting carb cleaner on it to clean that off could actually cause more problems than it's worth.

 

[slabghost]

I agree.

 

[backlander]

Thanks guys, I sure wasn't wanting any engine issues to pop up. I feel better now. :thanks:

 

[philc]

I too need some carb advice, as a gift I received Larry Cargills' carb rebuild book, "Larry's Guide to Rebuilding the Kehihin CX/GL Carburetors"
It is a great book but I am not sure that it pertains EXACTLY to the 82 1100 carbs.
On page 11 it instructs the reader to "Remove the rubber plug in the low jet chamber"
When I first opened up these carbs last Summer I dont remember seeing any rubber plugs.
Does anyone know if this applys to my carbs?
Thanks, Phil

 

[steveb123]

I believe that is GL1000's that have the rubber plug.
I wouldn't be concerned about shooting some carb cleaner to clean it off. It's a straight shot into the combustion chamber from there.

 

[OldWrench]

We have a saying in my shop, if it not broke, don't fix it.

I agree with the above posts.

 

[joedrum]

the airbox will not be cleaned by atf ... as its not mix in the air just gas ...I know im a smart a!@#$%^ :hihihi: