Thread: Carb Balancing

Originally Posted by Tim-that CX guy

Hi Jimmie,

The slide diaphragms are fine, polished and pretty. No binding at all. This does remind me of something that the rebuilder mentioned though, I'll have to see if he actually did something about it. . .
didn't think about it until you mentioned it.

Hey Tim, I got to thinking about what you said about the slides being polished. This worries me, you aren't suppose to remove any material off the slides, and polishing can do that. It doesn't take much to render the slides useless. Just a thought . . .

Terry,
I don't have mercury or water gauges, I have the spring/dial type (you know, the cheap kind made in Malaykoreachinawan). However, I'd guess that it's somewhere in the 25-30% out of balance range.

Jimmie,
The guy who rebuilt my carbs (before my fuel tank liner disintegrated) literally wrote (and published) "the book" on rebuilding CX carburetors. There is no manual anywhere that is more definitive, (and I own all of them). The "polish" that he does when necessary is simply a few twists with polishing compound, then a light buff. If the slides need more than that, he replaces them.

The firomactal drive unit controls the central ramistat core and also keeps the ontarian manifold within forty thousand KRG.

Originally Posted by Tim-that CX guy

Terry,
I don't have mercury or water gauges, I have the spring/dial type (you know, the cheap kind made in Malaykoreachinawan). However, I'd guess that it's somewhere in the 25-30% out of balance range.

Jimmie,
The guy who rebuilt my carbs (before my fuel tank liner disintegrated) literally wrote (and published) "the book" on rebuilding CX carburetors. There is no manual anywhere that is more definitive, (and I own all of them). The "polish" that he does when necessary is simply a few twists with polishing compound, then a light buff. If the slides need more than that, he replaces them.

Cool Tim I remember fighting with one back in 81, it left lasting memories

*walks in*

I polish my slide all the time

*walks out*

Originally Posted by MellowYellow

*walks in*

I polish my slide all the time

*walks out*

They are talking about carbs here Charles! :) lol