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06-29-2010, 7:04 PM SigEpRider Joined on 06-13-2010 El Paso, TX Posts 2 Need Help Carburetor Rebuild I am rebuilding a set of carbs on a 1982 cx500. I have cleaned both carb bodies with carb dip and an ultrasonic cleaner. I also removed all jets and emulsion tubes. However, I am having difficulty removing one of the main jet emulsion tubes. Even after all efforts for cleaning. Now I am afraid I will have to drill it out to ensure proper cleaning. I was having sputtering problems at low rpm. Where can I find a new main jet emulsion tube that I can get ASAP? Can I just continue rebuilding the carbs after using an ultrasonic cleaner for over an hour? It is my first time rebuilding carbs and this has already taken me almost a week to figure out. I don't want to waste another week waiting for such a small part. Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.    Report

06-30-2010, 8:58 AM need4steed Joined on 11-06-2008 Joliet IL Posts 659 Re: Need Help Carburetor Rebuild i know www.bikebandit.com has all kinds of parts for these bikes. What dont kill you makes you more strong...metallica 1980 CX500 (sold) 1982 GL500 (cafe) AKA black bomber (473 Miles since finished build) 1980 xs850 yamaha (sold) 1979 CX500 (Track Bike) 72 cl350 (cafe project #2) AKA Ol Goat    Report

06-30-2010, 1:18 PM AmericancClassic Joined on 08-25-2009 Naples, FL Posts 297 Re: Need Help Carburetor Rebuild Larry the forum carb guru uses easy outs to pop them out. 1981 Honda gl500    Report

06-30-2010, 6:05 PM BillRod Joined on 11-09-2009 Richton Park, IL 33 miles SW of Chicago Posts 350 Re: Need Help Carburetor Rebuild Don't buy cheap easy outs or they will break and you will have lots of grief. 71 years old (April 1939) Richton Park, Illinois Just bought 1982 GL500 Naked 13,000 miles Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it is supposed to do.    Report

06-30-2010, 7:25 PM Harold Joined on 12-28-2006 Beside Washademoak Lake, N.B. Canada Posts 851 Re: Need Help Carburetor Rebuild Larry does not use easy outs to take the main emulsion tubes out, he uses them to remove the pressed in idle jets. An easy out most likely will break if you try it on the main jet. edit;   Sorry if I was a bit abrupt , but I wanted to post in a hurry in case the original poster was considering using an easy out and hoped to save him some grief.  The following is an excerpt from Larry's post at the Naked Gold Wing forum; By the way. I forgot to mention above that when I put the easy out in the low jet to pull it out, the area of the jet that it presses into is not part of the fuel metering system for that jet. That's down in the middle of the jet. The reason the easy out works is because the outside of the jet has an air gap around it and it does not press directly against the aluminum of the body that it sits in. If it did, when you press in the easy out it would flare out the top and lock it into the body making it tighter. That's how you break off extractors. Like trying to remove a stuck main emulsion tube. I'll bet you have seen that more than once. The brass is too soft to hold it's shape when you try this. Anyway, the low jet has two tapered sections that hold it in place down around the emulsion tube portion of the jet. After it's cleaned out all that's needed to reinstall it is a flat nosed punch as wide as the jets body, and a few taps of a small hammer. "People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than biker gangs." 1978 CX500 1980 CX500 Custom 1981 CX500 Custom 1982 GL500 Silverwing 1975 XL-100 http://www.myspace.com/downwiththebutterfly    Report

07-02-2010, 10:00 AM SigEpRider Joined on 06-13-2010 El Paso, TX Posts 2 Re: Need Help Carburetor Rebuild Got in touch with Larry. He's has given me a bunch of good advice. the main jet emulsion tube should be fine since I used an ultrasonic cleaner. I am going to reassemble and put them back on the bike. If I have any issues, he will help me get another tube.    Report

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