Carb jet cleaning tools brick&mortar stores

[BFHtime]

I need help trying to find a brick and mortar store that I can go and pick up carburetor jet cleaning tools at, today.

I was thinking auto parts stores but found more carb rebuilding kits.

Anyway please help. You guys are the best. Thank you in advance.

 

[Skin]

Welding supply store. The nozzle tip needle files are perfect for jets.

 

[BFHtime]

Thank you very much Skin.

 

[unslow1]

Welding supply store. The nozzle tip needle files are perfect for jets.

You beat me to it. That is what I use also.

 

[M6erfan]

Just be careful with those welding tip cleaners, too aggressive and you can hog out the jets (I use them too, just carefully). Small stranded copper wire works well, just twist together as many strands as you need to fit (snugly) in the jet, then work back and forth spraying with carb cleaner. Won't damage the brass jet.

Generally though jets don't need cleaning other than spraying out with carb cleaner.

 

[gearhead1]

I use the torch tip cleaners and also a pin vise wit tiny drill bits.

 

[DFB]

Motorcycle shop?

 

[rlitman]

Welding supply store. The nozzle tip needle files are perfect for jets.

+1 As said above, tip cleaners are a type of file, and can be aggressive if not used gently.

My local Ace hardware carries them in the welding section. So does HF IIRC.

 

[Copymutt]

These, as mentioned above.

 

[BFHtime]

Motorcycle shop?

I want to clean a carburetor on a snow blower that has been sitting for several years.

 

[BFHtime]

Thank you for the replies.

 

[DFB]

I want to clean a carburetor on a snow blower that has been sitting for several years.

Ya wire jet cleaning kits are widely available I have the K&L


https://www.klsupply.com/general-equipment/carburetor-cleaner-wire-set-35-3498.asp

 

[theundermount]

Welding supply store. The nozzle tip needle files are perfect for jets.

yup work great

 

[lardy1]

When I clean the carbs on my small engines, I cut a couple of strands off a wire brush to clean out jets and small openings. I use carb cleaner to loosen and remove the gunk.

I'm really no engine mechanic. But lately I've been doing more of this type of thing to save repair costs and to justify my ongoing tool purchases. I read about the wire brush thing and it has worked so far for me.

 

[BFHtime]

I see KLs supply is in San Jose CA

Cutting wire brush strands sounds like a great way to improvise. I could use any multi strand wire.

 

[Shadowdog500]

When I clean the carbs on my small engines, I cut a couple of strands off a wire brush to clean out jets and small openings. I use carb cleaner to loosen and remove the gunk.

I'm really no engine mechanic. But lately I've been doing more of this type of thing to save repair costs and to justify my ongoing tool purchases. I read about the wire brush thing and it has worked so far for me.

Same here. Most jets just need a squirt or soak in carb cleaner followed by a shot of compressed air. If they are more stubborn than that I also use a strand from a wire brush to loosen things up followed by carb clean and compressed air.

When I was young my dad had a side business in our basement repairing small engines, lawnmowers etc. He had a glass hypodermic needle that he would fill with cleaner (probably gas) that he used to flush out the jets. Don't know if that was standard in the 60s, but it worked for him.

 

[elidas]

I use the wire from a wire tag. Thin stiff.

 

[DFB]

I see KLs supply is in San Jose CA

Cutting wire brush strands sounds like a great way to improvise. I could use any multi strand wire.

Of course you can always improvise and that would probably be all it would take to accomplish what you want to do.

But that was not the original question you asked.

As for mentioning KL headquarters being in California

My pal owns a custom motorcycle build and repair shop and can get have many special order items delivered next day from his distributors if its not in stock just as an FYI

 

[marinusdees]

Root canal files or reamers. Local dental supply. Or your dentist. Sold in sets on ebay, dirt cheap. Tempered, assorted sizes.

 

[_Riddle]

Old guitar strings can work well too depending on the gauge.

 

[toplessHO]

copper wire is kinder on brass jets than tip cleaners
if using wire drills use the blunt end not the twist drill end.
even a sewing needle can be used to break up the hardened mess left behind from old gas.

 

[pilotmotor]

you can use the individual strands from stranded copper wire.

 

[CJM8515]

Really speaking, so long as it isnt to abrasive you can use anything. Ive used everything from wire twist ties, strands of copper wire, to bristles from a wire brush. The jet has to be severely clogged to use any of that as some carb clean and air usually does it.