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Old 09-13-2019, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Zman View Post
I have had good luck chucking up a cotton swab (Q-Tip), dipped in polishing compound (tooth paste in a pinch) into my electric drill. You can use this to polish the carb seat mating surface so the needle's Viton tip has a smooth surface to mate with or (with which to mate if you are opposed to ending sentences with prepositions) ;-)

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ed...-a-preposition

Is it Friday yet?
This works brilliantly. We used autosol at the bike shop when we had grungey corroded carbs that were sitting around for years in the jap imports.
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