Thanks so much for this video. Just rebuilt the carbs and although running fine, I just can see gas dripping off the bottom of the accelerator pump, just like yours. Was going to jerk the whole carb out again when I saw this video and the tip on just loosening the top plate to access that valve. Sure saved me a bunch more work!
Holy moly! Big enough job? I gotta do the same for the exact motorcycle, same color and year also. I find mine extremely hard on gas right now. Hopefully it will get better fuel mileage. Thank you for the video.
seafoam...use it.also,if you run the bike over idle while choke is on it is washing the cylinder walls down and no oil to help in cylinders.so,to prevent a prob when working on the bike or even as a added protection,add a little marvel mystery oil in your gas or lucas concentrate that lubes top end.i use marvels in my gl1200 and it does very well.the marvels was developed for aircradt engines in WWII so if it does a airplane engine under tremendous pressure,it wont hurt your bike.about 2oz to 5gal gas.if you have a bike running lean and you don't want to take carbs apart for rejetting,try use a little marvels.
Those carbs are setup to be run with the filter and airbox on otherwise it will run lean, I usually run pod filters and they always need rejetted. That's the beauty of fuel injection it will compensate until you start changing things like less restrictive exhaust.
I looked at Saber Cycle's site and saw those carb kits, they are cheap, not complete but still much better than Honda. Thanks for the tip. I would like to ride it to see how it does after this work but for me, it's just not worth freezing half to death and taking the chance of dropping it because I can't function well in the cold. Thanks for watching these bike vids Will, not many of my subs watch them. The one and only other carb remove video on the 1500 was more at home doing his because he did it before, if I do this again I should do better.
You cannot please everyone and you should not even try, there are plenty of those bikes still running around and the guys who really know them are getting older and not working on them! A lot of the shops now will not even touch a bike with carbs on it, they are strictly fuel injection only so information being posted helps people maybe not today but down the road there will be an audience for these vids!
I agree......The GL1500 will not rev or idle right without the air filter box closed and sealed. I think it needs the vacuum. That line he needed the vice grips for confuses me. Mine draws a wicked vacuum, so is basically pulling air out of the air box.......any clue what thats all about?
@@mattsez2879 It's part of the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) system. Air is drawn from the air cleaner chamber, blown through the inside of the crankcase to scavenge combustion blow-by gases, then circulated back up into the air cleaner chamber through another tube towards the rear (seat) side of the chamber. Normally the bottom of the chamber below the air cleaner is at partial vacuum (due to resistance of the air cleaner) so without the air cleaner in place (no vacuum) you will really hear that PCV inlet sucking atmospheric-pressure air in.
On that intake box/tube that sits just in front of the air cleaner lid there was a vacuum hose that went to a check valve and it branches off. The one side goes to the sensor in the air box but where does the other one go??
Good morning mate I am from Brazil and would like to know if it is possible to put a car carburetor in the 1500 goldwing? Same or similar to carburetor weber 2 and 1.6 petrol? Please.
Extremely impractical to try to do that. It can be done but would not fit and would not run properly. Not worth all the redesigning of all the manifolds, cable hookups, and much more.
Choke on is down. If you need to keep the choke on or part way on to keep running then you have a problem with either a vacuum leak or most likely dirty carburetors.
@@57bagre Thanks Gordon. I've run carb cleaner through it and had it out of the engine 3 times now but not apart. All the hose have apparently been replaced. Why does the diagram on the handle bar for the choke show more at the top and less at the bottom how it tappers off? It makes no sense. Please tell me more. thanks.
Thanks so much for this video. Just rebuilt the carbs and although running fine, I just can see gas dripping off the bottom of the accelerator pump, just like yours. Was going to jerk the whole carb out again when I saw this video and the tip on just loosening the top plate to access that valve. Sure saved me a bunch more work!
Congratulations Gordon for an excellent, informative video. Just subscribed and will follow all of your adventures! Thank you sir.
Holy moly! Big enough job? I gotta do the same for the exact motorcycle, same color and year also. I find mine extremely hard on gas right now. Hopefully it will get better fuel mileage. Thank you for the video.
Good luck! Thanks for watching.
That's the way they are I got a 1990 gl 1500 and a 88 gl 1200 and tanks empty like everyday but only take like 17$
seafoam...use it.also,if you run the bike over idle while choke is on it is washing the cylinder walls down and no oil to help in cylinders.so,to prevent a prob when working on the bike or even as a added protection,add a little marvel mystery oil in your gas or lucas concentrate that lubes top end.i use marvels in my gl1200 and it does very well.the marvels was developed for aircradt engines in WWII so if it does a airplane engine under tremendous pressure,it wont hurt your bike.about 2oz to 5gal gas.if you have a bike running lean and you don't want to take carbs apart for rejetting,try use a little marvels.
Those carbs are setup to be run with the filter and airbox on otherwise it will run lean, I usually run pod filters and they always need rejetted. That's the beauty of fuel injection it will compensate until you start changing things like less restrictive exhaust.
I looked at Saber Cycle's site and saw those carb kits, they are cheap, not complete but still much better than Honda. Thanks for the tip. I would like to ride it to see how it does after this work but for me, it's just not worth freezing half to death and taking the chance of dropping it because I can't function well in the cold. Thanks for watching these bike vids Will, not many of my subs watch them. The one and only other carb remove video on the 1500 was more at home doing his because he did it before, if I do this again I should do better.
You cannot please everyone and you should not even try, there are plenty of those bikes still running around and the guys who really know them are getting older and not working on them! A lot of the shops now will not even touch a bike with carbs on it, they are strictly fuel injection only so information being posted helps people maybe not today but down the road there will be an audience for these vids!
I agree......The GL1500 will not rev or idle right without the air filter box closed and sealed. I think it needs the vacuum. That line he needed the vice grips for confuses me. Mine draws a wicked vacuum, so is basically pulling air out of the air box.......any clue what thats all about?
@@mattsez2879 It's part of the Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) system. Air is drawn from the air cleaner chamber, blown through the inside of the crankcase to scavenge combustion blow-by gases, then circulated back up into the air cleaner chamber through another tube towards the rear (seat) side of the chamber. Normally the bottom of the chamber below the air cleaner is at partial vacuum (due to resistance of the air cleaner) so without the air cleaner in place (no vacuum) you will really hear that PCV inlet sucking atmospheric-pressure air in.
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you should give that motor to warm up before goosing it (couple minutes) ,seals, rings and valve clearances
Thank you so much for the video, does those carbs have a mixture screw on them. If it does is it hard to get to. Thanks
Nice job thank you for sharing
Spray your carb slides with motorkote spray while reving it up.
Use royal purple max fuel clean. One ounce per tank. Works wonders on my 1988 wing
Seafoam is better for this purpose
standard one to the fuel and the spray into carburators directly
On that intake box/tube that sits just in front of the air cleaner lid there was a vacuum hose that went to a check valve and it branches off. The one side goes to the sensor in the air box but where does the other one go??
That a Boy Gordon Get'er Done
Thanks Rick.
On mine the choke is backwards then all the others. The lever all the way down is off choke. All they way up is full choke. How can that be?
Sounds good
thanks Harold.
Almost 100 percent
I have a question. Carburetor pistons should work both or one? because in my carburetor when I add gas it's a raning one
The choke no working good, because you need change the sub air filter and clean the both solenoid with Seafoam to work good my friend.
The Solenoid is under the right pocket and the sub air filter should be in the end the vacuum hose is a little black box.
My GL 1500 stalls at 2500rps and noticed that my carb sliders don't open when accelerating at idle. Can this be the issue?
I guess it could be a cleaning, or maybe just vacuum lines collapsed or loose.
I would think the O-rings are a standard size, HF must sell an o-ring kit.
Good morning mate
I am from Brazil and would like to know if it is possible to put a car carburetor in the 1500 goldwing?
Same or similar to carburetor weber 2 and 1.6 petrol?
Please.
Extremely impractical to try to do that. It can be done but would not fit and would not run properly. Not worth all the redesigning of all the manifolds, cable hookups, and much more.
which way is choke, up or down. Mine that I just bought runs with the lever all the way down. It kills it all the way or half way up.
Choke on is down. If you need to keep the choke on or part way on to keep running then you have a problem with either a vacuum leak or most likely dirty carburetors.
@@57bagre Thanks Gordon. I've run carb cleaner through it and had it out of the engine 3 times now but not apart. All the hose have apparently been replaced. Why does the diagram on the handle bar for the choke show more at the top and less at the bottom how it tappers off? It makes no sense. Please tell me more. thanks.
@@57bagre and the too rich mixture can destroy the pistons and valves
How much fuel does it consume,
Carbs wont work right without air cleaner and cover.....requires a vac to rev right