Briggs carbs much easier to deal with, especially re-installing, but honda hangs so many parts off just those two bolts. This makes putting honda carbs, with all their gaskets, spacers, side bracket, and heat shield, back on much easier if you don't have three hands. Great tip.
Good idea. 5 gaskets on my troy bilt. Plus a metal gasket. Then the spacer. But did fire up. I used tape to hold the screws and everything in place while I reassembled
It is a good trick, but then you have to find rods every time you have to work on the carb. Replace bolts with the rods and 2 nuts. I have a Briggs engine that uses studs from what I remember.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking this guy nor any other person's videos I've seen of them working on small engines and equipment. I just have one question: Why don't you all clean up the equipment or area that you're going to be working on BEFORE you even start working on it??? Maybe it's a pet peeve of mine ,but I can't stand working on something that is caked with dirt, oil, and grease. Anyone's equipment I work on, including my own, I clean up the area that I'm going to be working on before I even start. Makes the job a heck of a lot easier.
Great video but why dont you just put a brush to that carb? No way I could put that back! I realize you are making a specific video but do it off camera. Thanks for the video!
Turns out my Honda Lawnboy carb is clogged now. ACE hardware has these threaded rods, 100mm for 2$ now. So will eventually get 2 with 2 nuts to replace these bolts.
@@RealManSkills Yours is a great idea using threaded rod. The 100mm rod is a perfect fit, no need to cut shorter. They bottom in a blind hole. Everything stacks up on the rods, it makes it so easy to work on the carb. Lawnmower is working again. Some water got in the carb from a heavy rain and cause some gas to clump right at the main jet.
Update: I removed the air cleaner to take a look at these bolts. I wanted to remove one and take to a H/W store for comparison to pick up some M6 1.0 threaded rods. I proceeded to remove the bolt, and the oddest thing happened. It already has studs! It was not a bolt I removed - it was a nut. And it had factory markings on it (yellow paint marking on the nut to show it was torqued). The stud is not threaded - it has a smooth shaft and only threads where the nut goes. The carb slides on and off the shaft, just as like it does on the recommended solution in the video. So in conclusion, my Honda L/M was either retrofitted with the stud idea, or my particular model is not applicable to this video. If it makes any difference, I have a Honda HRX 217, and the engine shows GCV 200. Anyway....great video!
