With the carb laid out on the table. Number each one. Then, I used tin pie plates, (3 for a dollar) and numbered them to correspond to keep all of my parts separate. See below! (Editors Note: If this is your first time cleaning carbs, you may want to do one at a time, if not, make sure you are very careful not to mix up the parts!)

Mark it on several angles because you will be flipping the whole unit around and can get thrown off...

then drain the bowls. You don't have to remove the screw completely, the gas will come out the drip hole....

now carefully remove each of the black plastic covers. The springs will come out as well....

i only used a screwdriver to point in this pic, you don't want to cut the boot with it... it will pull out with the needle and orange plastic space all together...

see....

now with them out you can see the jets from the bottom side... and (gunk)

now flip over and remove the metal cover.... If you use the right size screwdriver, you won't have any problems stripping the head of the screws.

this is a comparison of the 2 sizes of screwdrivers I used...

now view the buildup of grit and gunk.. careful to keep the rubber gasket in tack....

there's the brains...

when people say your carbs "gum up", they're not lying!

remove screw, it comes in to phases...

there it is... its like surgery!

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