GL1500 Carburetor Clean-rebuild

The disassembly, cleaning and rebuilding of the Goldwing GL1500 Carburetor. Also, see my video on the removal and installation of the carburetors.
See other videos in my "Enter The Wing" playlist • GL1500 Enter The Wing ... to safely remove all the other panels on your motorcycle. See my "GL1500 Goldwing" playlist • GL1500 Carburetor Clea... for other repairs.

[@user-se7vt5ow4e]

Great video. Just started to remove and rebuild the carbs on a 1500 today. It is pissing fuel out of the overflow lines.

[@skyking4501]

Well watching you taught me that, I will pay someone to do this job on my GL1500, cause there ain’t no way I’m gonna tear into that hornets nest.
You may not be a motorcycle mechanic, “as you say”, but you definitely have a lot of mechanical aptitude on a lotta things. Very enlightening to watch you, but I ain’t walkin down that road.

[@Sleazy_rida]

You could do it man... It's scary to look at but once you get a start and dissect those panels properly it's not too bad if you just isolate your focus to what you're doing. If you do it once getting in there, then all the small stuff that's deep in there that you're going to pay a mechanic tons of money to do you can slip in there and do yourself. I keep trying to get a good video of taking apart the plastics but my footage keeps getting blown every time.

[@skyking4501]

Hey man, it was a very good video.. thorough, but heck, at this stage of my life I have way more money than I do time. lol
Retired and 70. Maybe if i had a spare i might would tackle it. But not the one i need to make my bike run.

[@Sleazy_rida]

What area are you in?

[@skyking4501]

@@Sleazy_rida what do ya mean? What state? I live in East Tennessee around Gatlinburg.

[@Sleazy_rida]

Okay I was just seeing if you were anywhere near me I would work on your wing

[@kcpl8er]

The mixture screw is specificly set at the factory you have to count how many turns out it is to properly adjust the cardurator

[@Sleazy_rida]

It's 2 turns out unless the carbs have had an overhaul per manufacturers instructions

[@zeth15943]

Mine runs 2k rpm and higher zero misses it has a low rpm miss guessing pilot jet is plugged on one of them

[@BenandUTube2012]

Have You ever drained the carbs via drain plugs on the Bike ?? I can not see how to get to them . Any hints would be great , Thank you for this Vid.

[@Sleazy_rida]

There are only overflow lines but that's at the higher point of the float bowls. The drains would be on the float bowls themselves but I don't know that that would solve any problems

[@johndickeson9194]

Can you use a citric cleaner an not damage the seals.

[@Sleazy_rida]

Break it down and boil it in lemon juice