ATV carburetor polishing...

[skiddz]

Anyone got a relatively easy way to polish an ATV carb?? I've gone at these things with felt bobs, loose cotton wheels, tiny spiral wheels and not just a little bit of swearing. I've got more friggin' hours on one carb than I do on any 6 pieces of my 4 wheeler and it still looks like I've barely touched it. The bowl and the top were easy, I did 'em on the big machine and they're gleaming like chrome. The carb body is like trying to polish the cut side of an english muffin and I'm goin' through mini bobs like crazy...

How well to finger buffs get into odd places? if I could get a 4" x 1/8" wheel with enough stiffness, I could pretty much get the entire thing done on the big machine.. Man this is frustrating...

[mole]

Skiddz your crazy for trying to polish carbs . Just an idea but maybe a dremel with flexshaft and some of those tiny felt wheels. did you try sanding it first? There's a ton of nooks and crannies on those carbs its gonna be tough.

[customandsound]

try some greaseless compound .. on the bobs ...i just did a holley .. needless to say .. it was a pain in the ..... i hand sanded what i could ,, took my little rotary tool and a bunch of cone sanding rolls ... tore up 3 sisal pad's .. it looks ok but it will work for now .. til i tear it down . and start over ....

[polishinginc]

I've done one carb and it is the last one i'll ever do! With the work that goes into making a carb look decent and the money invested in it you would have been better off powdercoating it from the begginging.
Do you have a pic of it? I do GM throttle bodys which are pretty simple in the small detail catageory, but TB's are mainly less intricate than carb designs so that makes them easyer to polish.

[skiddz]

Yeah, I'm a glutton for punishment for even attempting to do these friggin' things.. I've tried the dremel with 8 million little wheels, bobs etc.. Tried the flex shaft with the same tools. I can't seem to generate enough heat with either. No grunt with the dremel and not enough RPM with the flex shaft. (Driven with a drill)

I may have to knuckle down and buy one of Caswell's flex shaft tools.. Just not sure how much grunt it's got.. Anyone got one they'd care to comment about?

I ended up trying some emery compound on a loose cotton wheel. Tore the hell out out the wheel (it was 6", now it's about 4" ehhe) and threw threads all over the garage (and me - I looked like I walked through a cave of spiderwebs) but it turned out "ok". Not brilliant shiny, but has a bit of luster that looks decent from a distance. I did get a good shine on the bowl and top cap so when it's all reassembled, it looks a LOT better than it did.

Gonna do the 2nd one the same way and call it good. I'd still like to tackle one after riding season is over, just to see if I can do it.

I do have a pic of the 1st carb installed. I'll post it when I get home tonight so you can get an idea of what I'm dealing with.

[mole]

I have that Caswells flex shaft tool the one with the foot pedal and all, its pretty good but no it does have all that much grunt that your looking for.

[skiddz]

Crud. maybe I need to <ahem> borrow that washer down the street with the "Goodwill" sign on it and tear the motor out of it and cobble up some sort of adapter for my flax shaft.... Wish I could power it from my buffing machine. That thing's got more than enough grunt...

[Stryder]

Well, there's that flex shaft that goes on the buffer... kinda pricey though.

I was thinking about doing my keihn carb but now... :P

[skiddz]

If I could get a flex shaft with more grunt, these Mikunis wouldn't really be that bad.. Actually, if I could get some good 1" tight spiral wheels, AND a flex shaft with some grunt, it would be fairly easy to get to 90+% of the thing gleaming...

[skiddz]

Did another carb today. Found a sisal wheel in my junk box that was about 3/8" wide that worked pretty good for about 90% of the body. Wore the thing down to a nub tho.. 6" to 2" in about 30 mins, but the carb came out pretty nice.

Check it out HERE

[JHFGSX9D]

Did another carb today. Found a sisal wheel in my junk box that was about 3/8" wide that worked pretty good for about 90% of the body. Wore the thing down to a nub tho.. 6" to 2" in about 30 mins, but the carb came out pretty nice.

Check it out HERE

Skiddz,

Are those your stockers? kinda hard to tell just by looking at them but if they are this means you removed your TORS Junk !! looks good i got a banshee i put a set of Mikuni flat sides on and holy hell did it bring that beast to life !!

[skiddz]

Stockers yes and no. The TORS junk went bye bye a year after I bought the thing. Worthless system and always getting out of sync. Bought a Toomey "Whirlpull" twist throttle and junked the TORS when I installed that and my Toomey pipes.

The carb bodies are stock, but the throats have been milled a little bigger and now are 4mm taller than they are wide. I wanna say 32mm tall by 28mm wide but I don't remember the specifics. That mod let the monster breathe much better on the top end but still kept the bottom end crisp.

The new motor is a 400cc 4mm stroker (Wiseco Hot-Shot crank, Wiseco forged pistons) with porting by Sam Coe.. Stock head milled .020"
and the squish band area was tweaked a bit. The folks that hooked me up with all the goodies say it should put out about 65hp and have gobs of bottom end. I'm *maybe* a week from seeing how it performs.

[customandsound]

Crud. maybe I need to <ahem> borrow that washer down the street with the "Goodwill" sign on it and tear the motor out of it and cobble up some sort of adapter for my flax shaft.... Wish I could power it from my buffing machine. That thing's got more than enough grunt...

caswell got the adapter you need i just went and got a motor just for that ..
These extenders are perfect for turning old electric motors into powerful buffing machines. Just attach to the shaft of your electric motor, tighten the grub screws and install the buffing wheel.

PROD SALT57 Shaft Adapter Left Thread 5/8" Bore 1/2" Shaft $7.00
PROD SART57 Shaft Adapter Right Thread 5/8" Bore 1/2" Shaft $7.00
PROD SALT17 Shaft Adapter Left Thread 1/2" Bore 1/2" Shaft $7.00
PROD SART17 Shaft Adapter Right Thread 1/2" Bore 1/2" Shaft $7.00

the link to that page it

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/shaft.htm

i just order the buffer you got i can't wait til it find's it way home ... i hope i dont make caswell mad by coping and pasting there stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it got both the std and the extender shafts and they are perfect for them throw away motors ...

[skiddz]

You'll love that buffer. It's got a lot of grunt to it, is quiet and the shafts are nice and long. I wish I had room for another one so I could set up one with sisals on both sides and one with loose on both sides...

I picked up a "dead" Baldor 1hp motor from an industrial liquidator today for $15. The knucklehead that I bought it from said it didn't run, but evidently he didn't see the broken wire inside the connection housing.. I pulled the cord off, chopped 2" off of it, reconnected everything and it spun right up..

Anyone know if these shafts are too hard to take a die to 'em to cut threads

[customandsound]

any good machine shop can do it for you ... you need carbide to do it ...