Carburetor Rebuild

Two days ago Jim and I sat down with the parts we got in the carb rebuild kit. We were resolved to start getting this done. We had previously ordered the shop manual for the bike, which sadly assumes that you already have a clue as to what you are doing. That's a big old check mark next to no for us.

We sat down and looked at all the bits we'd gotten in the rebuild kit and then at the carburetor that we'd taken off the bike by fumbling through the manual. Have you ever tried to put together a jig saw puzzle with no picture. Yeah, it kind of felt a lot like that. We finally got the main bit put back together with all the new little shiny bobbles and got it all cleaned up about an hour after we started. Then came the tricky part of where the hell do the left over bits go.

Turns out those parts went onto the bike itself.

Everything is exactly as it should be now and I'm happy to say that after a bit of fiddling with it, it starts up and runs fine. That makes me really happy.

I can't help but wish that Motorcycle manuals were written by the same people that do the Ikea instructions, no such luck though.

:)