What to do first?

[oldktmdude]

A few tips on float pin maintenance:

As other have already said, be very careful getting them out.
Once out, use some 600 grit sandpaper to take a bit off the OD.
When re-installing the float pin, DO NOT press it all the way in!  Leave a small gap between the head and the post.   Next time you need to remove them, use an old knife blade to pry between the head and the post to pop them out.

Don't worry about the pin falling out, it's trapped my the float bowl.

DavidR.

I replaced all of my float pins with the mandrels from 1/8 pop rivets, cut to the appropriate length. These are a loose fit but as DavidR said they are trapped by the float bowl. I have been using them for over 3 years without any problems.   Regards,Pete.

[keand3]

Thank you guys for all the good tips. The carb rebuild job is added to my to do list, and the parts needed isent that expencive either
Will follow the monekys carb job first before i do mine.

Cheers

[keand3]

Hi folks...

Nice weather and a slightly higher temp. made an excellent opportunity to install Randy's Spin-on!
I also did remove the front sprocket cover..... never should have done that! Almost needed a shovel to get all the dirt out.. Must have been like that for years. Poor girl..
Still need a lot of cleaning...



This is how the girl look as of this moment.. Hmm.. need more space in my garage. Would like to have some workbenches and stuff but. It'll do for now 

[movenon]

Looks good. With the sprocket cover off its a good time to wipe down the chain and re-lube. I use kerosene (Coleman Lantern Fluid) to clean/wipe my chain. Doesn't stink to much and it cleans pretty good. You will like the spin on filter. Seems to make the job of changing oil go a lot faster and cleaner. Keep up the good work
George

[rktmanfj]

Looks good. With the sprocket cover off its a good time to wipe down the chain and re-lube. I use kerosene (Coleman Lantern Fluid) to clean/wipe my chain. Doesn't stink to much and it cleans pretty good. You will like the spin on filter. Seems to make the job of changing oil go a lot faster and cleaner. Keep up the good work
George

Coleman Fuel is white gas (naptha)... not sure I'd use that on a chain.   

[movenon]

Ummm. OK, I just wipe it off. I don't soak it.  Any recommendations? A new chain is on the short term shopping list. The one on it was from the PO and isn't the best. For now I just moderate my riding style accordingly.
George

[Arnie]

I don't know what Coleman fuel actually is, but straight Kerosene is fine to clean chains, and is what Suzuki recommend in their factory service manuals. 
BTW  Jet fuel is highly refined Kero, in case you have access to that.

Arnie

[rktmanfj]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_fuel

As Arnie said, actual kerosene would be okay.

I usually a WD-40 soaked rag.

[movenon]

I don't know what Coleman fuel actually is, but straight Kerosene is fine to clean chains, and is what Suzuki recommend in their factory service manuals. 
BTW  Jet fuel is highly refined Kero, in case you have access to that.

Arnie

Yea, I use to have an unlimited ability to get JP4 and JP5....... The supervisor of the Fuels shop always drove diesels....... I wonder why ?  Use to take jet fuel, fuel samples and dump it in the diesel generators. Easier to dispose of....
George

[Firehawk068]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_fuel

Funny, it says you should not use lantern fuel in your internal combustion engine..................I have tried it the other way around, and have used unleaded gasoline in my coleman lantern on a few different occasions........It worked just fine...(I probably wouldn't cook with it though)

[Dan Filetti]

WD-40 is my grunge cleaner of choice too.

Dan

[rktmanfj]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_fuel

Funny, it says you should not use lantern fuel in your internal combustion engine..................I have tried it the other way around, and have used unleaded gasoline in my coleman lantern on a few different occasions........It worked just fine...(I probably wouldn't cook with it though)

Back in the day, I was commuting to a factory on a CB360.

When I got off work at midnight, my bike wouldn't start.  I found that a couple of practical jokers had drained tha gas out of it.  Being the last one out, I convinced the night watchman to let me back in.  I went back to the chemical cage, drew a large beaker of naptha, and poured it into the Honda.  It ran well enough on it to get me about 10 miles ot the nearest open gas station.

The responsible parties made the mistake of parking their bikes side-by-side several days later...  as their co-workers all rode away, they found that their rear wheels were chained and padlocked together.       

[ribbert]

Ummm. OK, I just wipe it off. I don't soak it.  Any recommendations? A new chain is on the short term shopping list. The one on it was from the PO and isn't the best. For now I just moderate my riding style accordingly.
George

As Arnie has suggested Kero is the goods for chain cleaning.

It's cheap, it is the only thing recommended for O and X ring chain and it works perfectly, which you can't improve on.

No reason to muck around with other stuff unless you can get something for free, but just remember, it's an expensive exercise of you dissolve those O or X rings. It's not just what works on cleaning but also what won't wreck the rings.

Noel

[keand3]

Kero it is then :-)
The chain shows evidence of some early stages of corrosion.

[FJmonkey]

Here is a rough draft, still need to work out the details. I might need standoffs, depends on how the clamp top cap is shaped.