Topic: OK to Dip 350F Carbs?

[OakBehringer]

Wondering if it's ok to dip 350F carbs in the gallon-o-carb-cleaner that's sold at most auto part stores. I seem to remember there being a small plastic tab on the inside of the carb body that guides the slide. I would hate to have the carb cleaner dissolve it.

Thanks,
Adam

[razor02097]

FYI any rubber parts will quadruple or septuple in size when exposed to that kind of carb cleaner.

[fmctm1sw]

Wondering if it's ok to dip 350F carbs in the gallon-o-carb-cleaner that's sold at most auto part stores. I seem to remember there being a small plastic tab on the inside of the carb body that guides the slide. I would hate to have the carb cleaner dissolve it.

Thanks,
Adam

I took mine completely apart.  There is also some felt like grommets in there too.

[Owned]

Adam,

I highly recommend stopping into a Yamaha dealer and picking up a bottle of Yamaha Carb Cleaner.  Buy one of the large aluminum foil cheap meatloaf pans from your local Wal-Mart, add water to double the volume.  Dunk your carbs, if you have access to a camping stove heat the batch to a low boil.  Once it hits a certain tempature, no kidding, the brew will instantly release all gunk/crap.  It works wonderfully.

[OakBehringer]

I'm of course going to completely disassemble them - there is a permanently installed plastic nub in the carb which guides a slot cutout in the side of the slide. Will carb-cleaner dissolve this?

[Owned]

Permanently installed?  I don't recall seeing this in mine. 

I had disassembled and cleaned as described with no problems.  I do not recall any plastic items that I could not remove and clean seperately.

[rempy]

Permanently installed?  I don't recall seeing this in mine. 

He's referring to the the plastic nub that sets the slot in the pic below in place. I've soaked my 350f carbs a few times (B9 chemdip, random carb cleaner) and that piece has been completely impervious to it.

[OakBehringer]

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks for the response!