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Nice Bike · 11-02-2012, 11:35 AM

I am going to be cleaning the carb on the 1100 Aero this weekend. Any sugestions or tricks?

93gc40 · 11-02-2012, 11:59 AM

Work with a manual, so you can get the setting and adjustments correct. Go slow, plan for this to be a day long project, most of that time spent watching football. While the cargs soak. Remove pilots and choke, BEFORE cleaning. DO NOT separate the carbs from each other, BUT do check and adjust the buttler flies. Avoid using carb cleaner on the soft parts, they melt. Do not poke or pic with anything made of steel, use wood toothpics or copper wire. Flush the supply, tank to float bowls and repace or clean all filters. Make notes/pics of jet sizes, unless you KNOW they are stock. Take pics though out the process, just so you can remember where everything goes and such. A little vasoline on the boots makes instalation take minutes instead of hours of cussing, and removing and resetting of floats.

1996shadow · 11-03-2012, 02:19 PM

I cleaned the carbs on my 96 VT1100 a month or so ago. I used 50/50 Pinesol and water. I took the carbs apart as far as the jets and floats. Left them attached together and placed them in a pan of solution. The pan was heated with a hot plate to about 120 deg and let them soak for about 3 hours. I then rinced them in fresh water until they appeared clean,. I then soaked again for 1 hour in fresh water on the hot plate. Rinsed it again with fresh water and blew them dry with air. I ran a torch tip cleaner thru the jets before reinstalling them.

They work great now. Total cost was about $10 for Pinesol.

11-02-2012, 11:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nice Bike Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 6	Post#3 / Carb Cleaning I am going to be cleaning the carb on the 1100 Aero this weekend. Any sugestions or tricks?

11-02-2012, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
93gc40 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 4,301	Work with a manual, so you can get the setting and adjustments correct. Go slow, plan for this to be a day long project, most of that time spent watching football. While the cargs soak. Remove pilots and choke, BEFORE cleaning. DO NOT separate the carbs from each other, BUT do check and adjust the buttler flies. Avoid using carb cleaner on the soft parts, they melt. Do not poke or pic with anything made of steel, use wood toothpics or copper wire. Flush the supply, tank to float bowls and repace or clean all filters. Make notes/pics of jet sizes, unless you KNOW they are stock. Take pics though out the process, just so you can remember where everything goes and such. A little vasoline on the boots makes instalation take minutes instead of hours of cussing, and removing and resetting of floats. __________________ 93 VT1100C Harley Killer (1150cc), VH Exhaust, 2mm sleeved and bored, Modified Heads and Valves, Adjustable Timing, Touring Seat, Baby Apes, Metzlers

11-03-2012, 02:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
1996shadow Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Newport News VA Posts: 268	I cleaned the carbs on my 96 VT1100 a month or so ago. I used 50/50 Pinesol and water. I took the carbs apart as far as the jets and floats. Left them attached together and placed them in a pan of solution. The pan was heated with a hot plate to about 120 deg and let them soak for about 3 hours. I then rinced them in fresh water until they appeared clean,. I then soaked again for 1 hour in fresh water on the hot plate. Rinsed it again with fresh water and blew them dry with air. I ran a torch tip cleaner thru the jets before reinstalling them. They work great now. Total cost was about $10 for Pinesol. __________________ Aaron Newport News Va

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