Carburetor rebuilder?

[alph]

Is there a place to send out your carburetor to be rebuilt?  I just know that one of these days the fat lady ain't going to sing very well, and when that day comes I don't want to try do the carbs 'cause I know I'll just f 'em up!

[DFragn]

I don't know of anyone/place off hand. But, I'm sure it can be done.

The thing is, they'll need final adjustments on the bike they're destined to dwell if your talking about a complete rebuild. Even if it's just a partial they should be tuned to the bike they'll reside on. If your not comfortable doing the final setup yourself you'll need to ship the entire bike off to the Carb Re-builder.

I did a complete tear-down on mine a few years ago with zero prior experience. The service manual walked me through and my eighth ounce of commonsense enjoyed a shocking sweet success.

Basic tools, sync tool, the service bible and a little wherewithal is all you need to DIY. A certain pride is easy to achieve yourself. It may be worth consideration.

[Pete]

+1 Dfragn

Typically what most refer to as a rebuild is a complete cleaning and as Dfragn wrote easily accomplished with proper tools, instructions and a little common sense.

A complete rebuild is very expensive parts wise and usually not warranted. But when it is required, if you can accomplish the dis-assembly and cleaning you can easily replace the jets, needles, diaphrams and floats with screw drivers and a small needle nose. The carb slides are a simple drop replacement, simple but expensive.

I cannot remember a case that ever required a complete rebuild (complete parts replacement) in 42 years of working on motorcycles. Usually cleaning, occasionally floats, needles and jets, rarely a diaphram, very very rare to replace even 1 slide.

The hard part is removal and reinstall, the rest is somewhat easier.

If you keep the carbs clean and do not let the bike set idle with fuel in the carbs for long periods you may never have to do anything. Most carb problems I see are related to lack of fresh clean fuel and lack of use.