Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

14

Time Required

                          20 minutes - 1 hour            

Sections

3

  • Safety Precautions
  • 1 step
  • Air Box
  • 6 steps
  • Carburetor
  • 7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Safety precautions               
  • Before beginning repairs, disconnect and remove all hoses.
  • Flip the motor ignition switch into the OFF position.

Before beginning repairs, disconnect and remove all hoses.

Flip the motor ignition switch into the OFF position.

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Step 2

              Remove the engine cover               
  • Use a 4 mm hex key to remove the bolt securing the engine cover.

Use a 4 mm hex key to remove the bolt securing the engine cover.

Step 3

  • Lift up to remove the engine cover.

Lift up to remove the engine cover.

Step 4

              Remove the air box cover               
  • Use your fingers to pinch the locking tab on the top of the air box cover.

Use your fingers to pinch the locking tab on the top of the air box cover.

Step 5

  • Tilt the unlocked air cleaner cover down and pull it away from the air box to unhook it.
  • Remove the air box cover.

Tilt the unlocked air cleaner cover down and pull it away from the air box to unhook it.

Remove the air box cover.

Step 6

              Remove the air box nuts               
  • Use a 6 mm socket to remove the two nuts securing the air box.

Use a 6 mm socket to remove the two nuts securing the air box.

Step 7

              Remove the air box               
  • Pull the air box directly away from the motor to remove it.
  • Once removed, the metal bracket inside of the air box will become loose. Don’t lose it.

Pull the air box directly away from the motor to remove it.

Once removed, the metal bracket inside of the air box will become loose. Don’t lose it.

Step 8

              Depress the throttle pulley               
  • Use your finger to pull down the spring-loaded throttle pulley.

Use your finger to pull down the spring-loaded throttle pulley.

Step 9

              Remove the throttle linkage               
  • While pulling down on the throttle pulley, use your finger to lift the throttle linkage out of its slot on the pulley.

While pulling down on the throttle pulley, use your finger to lift the throttle linkage out of its slot on the pulley.

Step 10

              Remove the carburetor from the motor               
  • Pull the carburetor off of the two threaded shafts.
  • The carburetor is still attached to fuel lines, so don’t attempt to completely remove it yet.
  • Don’t let the carburetor put tension on the fuel lines—hold onto it and continue to the next step.

Pull the carburetor off of the two threaded shafts.

The carburetor is still attached to fuel lines, so don’t attempt to completely remove it yet.

Don’t let the carburetor put tension on the fuel lines—hold onto it and continue to the next step.

Step 11

              Remove the fuel lines               
  • Use a pair of needle nose pliers to compress the two hose clamp tabs on the black hose.
  • While compressing the tabs, slide the hose clamp up and off of the carburetor nipple.

Use a pair of needle nose pliers to compress the two hose clamp tabs on the black hose.

While compressing the tabs, slide the hose clamp up and off of the carburetor nipple.

Step 12

  • Residual fuel in the carburetor or hoses may leak out during the following steps. Have shop towels or rags handy to catch any drips.
  • Use your fingers to pull the black hose off of the straight carburetor nipple.

Residual fuel in the carburetor or hoses may leak out during the following steps. Have shop towels or rags handy to catch any drips.

Use your fingers to pull the black hose off of the straight carburetor nipple.

Step 13

  • Use your fingers to pull the pink hose off of the angled carburetor nipple.

Use your fingers to pull the pink hose off of the angled carburetor nipple.

Step 14

  • Only the carburetor remains.

Only the carburetor remains.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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