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On Randaks magnificent site there's a piece about
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He prescribes a cure witch is "cheap, but tedious".
heck! that's me: heap and tedious.-)

So while I did the carbs, I thought; why not give it a try



soldered up the jets using my mini flame-thingy
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goodness; it is SO darn small.
Hard to control the solder.
It looked like a disaster area in a VERY miniature kind of way,
so I had to clean up the jet in one of these things (don't know the English word)
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and drilled a new hole.
I don't know about them inch. and micro drill numbers in the article,
but what is recommended is a size #98 jet or a size #100 jet.
In my book that's a 1mm hole
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witch ain't easy without a 'guide' (I just held the electric micro-drill in my hand)
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not so pretty.
Tried again
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that will have to do.




I'll put'em on my daily ride so I have a before/after comparison
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so I had to clean up the jet in one of these things (don't know the English word)

"Tap" is what you use to clean out the threads on a Nut. "Die" is what you use to clean the threads on a bolt like you did there.
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Thanks WF !
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dang, wf beat me too it.... just remember "tap" is something you put in a hole... like tapping a beer keg... "die" happens to the outside.... so as a teenage girl says, "Like I would just die to look that good"
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Octane, I did the same "fix" couple of years ago and used the micro drill recommenced in the article.
Had to order them.
I said" them" because they are supplied in lots of 10. Now I have nine of them which I'll never use. So if anyone needs a #62 micro drill, send me a pm with your address and I'll send one to you. I have nine to give away and they're small and will not require postage beyond regular letter postage. I'd much rather share them than have them rust or get lost.
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I picked up a set of 20 assorted micro-drills at Harbor Freight a few weeks ago. The biggest one in the set is a #62. $1.99

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It was really easy to just drill out some #60 jets.......just my $0.02.
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I'm just curious... wouldn't it be easier to just replace the jet with a #98?
They may not be available from Honda, but are from Sudco and other Keihin carb parts suppliers - even eBay.
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whats the best way to get the jets out?
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Just did this on a '77 and found a simple, neat way to do. Just a touch of flux and cut a 1/8" piece of solder and drop in from top. Held it in a 3rd hand and zapped it quickly with a torch. No excess solder to clean up. worked great and did all 4 in about 15 minutes including drilling.
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[quote="Jason J"]It was really easy to just drill out some #60 jets.......just my $0.02.[/quote]
That's what I did. Took about 5 minutes to drill all of them. I spent more time trying to track down a #62 drill bit.
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Did this drilling out the jet WORK??? I am getting ready to rebuild a set of 77's. There is also a bit on Randakks site about putting a washer under the needle from the carb slides and recapturing some wiggle. Anyone tried that with success? It seems a bit vague to "recapture the wiggle" factor.
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[quote="ericheath"]Did this drilling out the jet WORK??? I am getting ready to rebuild a set of 77's. There is also a bit on Randakks site about putting a washer under the needle from the carb slides and recapturing some wiggle. Anyone tried that with success? It seems a bit vague to "recapture the wiggle" factor.[/quote]

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I posted this elsewhere, but just a touch of flux, then a touch with a small soldering iron and then the solder and there is no cleanup needed to the threads. It ended up being a neat, easy, inexpensive fix.
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