Carburetor rebuild - who does it?

[Cameron123]

I had seen previously that a member of this forum does carburetor rebuilds, but for the life of me, I can't find him now.  Anyone have contact information for the guy?  I have my carbs off the bike and boxed.  Just need to know where to send them.

Thanks for TWOTL.

Cameron

[Pat Conlon]

Randy at RPM does nice work, he has a neat ultrasonic bath he uses. Look in the vendors section.
Also, I believe Bob Weymouth rebuilds carbs, Bob?

[1tinindian]

I can only speak of Randy @ RPM, as he just rebuilt mine with the mods needed to run UNI pods and I'm very happy with his work. He's a very trusted supplier of parts and services relatedto our FJs.

Leon

[Mike Ramos]

Re: Carburetor rebuild - in my particular case ( a high mileage motor) the mileage began to drop off from the low 40's to high 30's mpg. During a valve adjustment excessive wear on the choke rod/mechanism was noted, but I continued to assume the carb situation was exceptable, at least in the short term.

However, what finally made me address the situation was when the exhaust pipes were removed to mount the oil cooler, the inside of three of the four pipes were black, indicating a rich fuel mixture. So I checked out (you guessed it) the RPM web site for the carb rebuild kits. By the time I had added up all the parts that I needed, I was getting past the half way point of purchasing a new set of carbs. But the deciding factor, in this instance, was the cost of the diaphragm(s) and the wear of the rubber boots between the throats and the stock air box.

Note: last year, my fuel pump failed and I replaced the points. The pump ran for several more months and then the diaphragm failed, rendering the pump unrepairable. So I installed a new unit. Thus, I spent 1/3 the cost of a new pump on a temporary fix, something I wished to guard against in the case of the carburetors for two reasons; one  because of the greater monetary costs involved and two because I do not want to get stranded, as when the fuel pump died.

So, as you plan to do, I had Randy at RPM inspect the carbs himself and he concurred with my findings, plus noting several things which I had missed. So new carbs it was and I opted for the Uni-filters as well. To his credit, in most cases he does not charge for inspection, and because of my deciding to use the Uni-filters, there was only a modest charge for re-jetting.

But the proof is in the pudding, so to speak, and in this case the results were well worth the time & money. The mileage has returned to normal (low 40's mpg @ cruise speeds) and the performance, especially in the mid-range has noticeably increased, albeit to like new performance, not perhaps an actual overall increase. And finally, with the Uni-filters installed , the intake sound is quite unique...!

Mike Ramos.