CT200 Carb Rescue

 Here's some pics of rescuing a ct200 carburetor with a stuck slide. I got this cheap on ebay because the previous owner had given up getting the slide out. 

If you look closely at the stands for the main and pilot jets, you can see where I got a little overzealous with the torch as I was trying to loosen the main jet. Patience is key with these because they are so easy to break. Don't pry on them with anything tougher than a chopstick. Matter of fact, a chopstick is the perfect tool to get the needle jet out.

Looking at the slide, you can see where the P.O. tried to pry the slide out. Do not do this! Even in the best case, you'll score the channel the slide rides in and ruin it. I had to dremel this down to knock off the high spots before continuing. 

Don't tell anyone, but I lost patience and used another trick to get this guy loose. Ready? Ok, I used a chopstick to gently pop the needle jet out. Then I stuck a crappy harbor freight probe through the jet hole and up against the bottom of the slide. The probe was slightly bent at the tip, so it didn't hit the slide right at the hole where the needle comes through. It hit it just off of that. I held everything in place and after another shot of silicone lube spray, I tapped the whole mess on the table and it popped the slide out. Not perfect or professional, but whatevs.

Some shots of the slide. Looks like it wasn't damaged. I'm glad this one was salvageable because the threads pictured here are clean and unstripped. One of the weak points on these carbs is these threads.

I forget what these probes are called, but you can see one with the orange handle in the background. HF sells a set of five for very little and they do come in handy.

Ugly-looking slide, no? Some of it is probably from hitting it with the torch and alternating silicone spray. You can also tell where I ground down the high spots with a dremel. The high spots were from the P.O. prying on it with a screwdriver and I didn't want them to score the carb body on their way out.