No there are 4 intake boots that the carbs slip into and 4 other soft boots to the airbox. (You'll have to forgive my lack of 'techno-speak' - I'm no mechanic by any means. lol)

 

I have been able to clean my carbs numerous times without changing any of the gaskets. if it is not leaking fuel I say leave it alone. make sure to blast things out with compressed air after shooting carb clean through them. and take one carb apart at a time so as to not mix up the parts! sounds like things are going well. welcome to the club of having an old fun Hurricane. and welcome to the baby club as well, I have a 7 month old baby girl and time is sparse and precious!

 

Then off they come! Camping out this weekend, so it'll be Tuesday before I get back to the bike.

 

let us know how it goes, and if you need any pointers dont forget to sync them up after you get them clean!

 

Well... not sure what to make of today's findings. Snapped some crappy cellphone cam pics. I'll let you guys decide.

Here are cylinders #1 thru #4 after the carbs were removed, looking in through the intake manifold.

Cylinder #1


Cylinder #2


Cylinder #3


Cylinder #4


We didn't try to start the bike today, but we did remove the spark plugs. They look like this (cylinder #1 on the left to #4 on the right)


Whatever the hell is in cylinder #1, it looked dry and dusty brown, which was also how the spark plug looked.

All four carbs on the other hand looked quite clean on the inside. The jets are currently soaking in carb cleaner, the main assemblies were thoroughly sprayed out. Accidentally sprayed one of the vacuum boots, so I hope the cleaner doesn't eat it

I guess getting a compression gauge would be next on the agenda?

 

was that carb full of rust or corrosion? and yeah, I would test the compression next so that you know that those valves are sealing up good. got pics of the carbs?

 

All four carbs were clean. No rust, no corrosion. The stuff in cylinder #1 didn't strike me as rust either (maybe I should bring my actual camera next time, instead of a stupid iPhone).

Carb #1 and #2


Carb #3 and #4

 

Very cool project! If you have a toolkit, or can source one, the spark plug wrench included in that works perfectly.