Comments on: Sticky slides

By: BT

BT — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:46:43 +0000

Any luck getting this fixed?

By: Bicycle Helmlets

Bicycle Helmlets — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:31:07 +0000

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By: ottobop

ottobop — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:36:20 +0000

Be very careful if the slides appear to be coated gold or grey, they may be anodized and if you polish them you may remove the protective coating and even distort them. Careful cleaning is the key, especially around the air passages that vent the top diaphragm and the overlap area at the bottom of the bore. You don’t say what is sticking. I assume you mean there is either a bad hesitation or one or more doesn’t close properly. Either way, clean ‘em and synch ‘em and have fun.

By: alburleigh

alburleigh — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:20:13 +0000

OK from the sounds of it, I need to take them off and give them a good cleaning, and polishing. Will let you know how ot works, thanks,

By: alburleigh

alburleigh — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:16:24 +0000

Sounds reasonal, I’ll give that a try

By: alburleigh

alburleigh — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:15:50 +0000

Thanx, I’ll try that

By: BT

BT — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:09:13 +0000

Last thing – check out my new post about the CL200′s new float. I think you may be having the same issue – just a worn out part that no longer moves freely and then sticks.

By: BT

BT — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:13:50 +0000

This may be off the wall too (I am not familiar with the carbs on that bike) but another biker friend of mine thought that on that bike, the carbs were extremely sensitive to friction in the slides – so really polishing the metal and making it as smooth as possible could help. Just a thought.

By: BT

BT — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:52:16 +0000

Those are vacuum slides, right? One of my friends suggested that the diphragm may be worn.