What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[Studley Ramrod]

  

 

Hi Ian,  yes i did that and it worked on one carb.  I am carefully inducing some heat to each bolt head using a gas powered soldering iron which has helped too but i am struggling with the other carb. but will try again this morning.  *safety goggles worn and a foire extinguisher at the ready!     I do wonder if i simply refit the carbs without completely disassembling them and use the carb. cleaner as directed on the instructions would i 'luck out' and they'd start working as normal after a bit?!  Maybe maybe not is the answer. I have a spare set of 1999 MK2a carbs side be side and there are some slight differences in the castings (minute differences though)

 

I cleaned the needle as that was a bit gummed up and i inspected it using a magnifying glass and there appears to be extremely little or no wear atall atall.  The diaphram i removed looks mint too.

 

Hi Ken, if you can get the float bowl screws out you'll have access to most of the carb internals. Try not to use anything to hit the screws as the carb casting can break real easy. If not then try refitting and using the carb cleaner perhaps ?  mk2 and mk2a carbs use a different airbox as the mk2a's inlets are wider.

 

Dusted off and washed my bike today.