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1978 USA import CB550 K4 PD46C CARB

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deltarider:
Personally I would have some wood or leather inbetween the jaws of the pliers, when used on vulnerable materials like brass.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I think the pliers are plasic coated looking at the description on Amazon.

Brian Cairns:

--- Quote from: deltarider on January 22, 2024, 11:40:38 AM ---Personally I would have some wood or leather inbetween the jaws of the pliers, when used on vulnerable materials like brass.

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Cheers

Brian

Brian Cairns:

--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on January 22, 2024, 11:46:08 AM ---I think the pliers are plasic coated looking at the description on Amazon.

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Just ordered the pliers from amazon.

Cheers

B

K2-K6:

--- Quote from: SteveW on January 21, 2024, 07:36:01 PM ---I pulled the ones out of my PD50’s by heating carb body with a hot air gun. Wrapped a pice of rubber tube around the jet and it pulled out pretty easy.

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I thought this was a good start point, and obviously avoids potential damage.

Failing that though, a good mechanical grip, if they are very resistant, will be of value to get them moving.

Those knipex twingrip are a good tool to have anyway if you've something that's already been compromised.  My son bought my pair recently for a birthday present as I'd been looking at them in a tool shop.  Positively surprised at just how good they grip in comparison to some of my old and quite well used tools. Quite a neat size to carry in an emergency tool pack as contingency as they can be set to open quite wide in accommodation of different components.

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