Wet and dry choke

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Miles
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Wet and dry choke

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Hello, had my carbs vapour blasted and ultrasoniced . Came back looking great, fitted to the bike and fired up first time.

I then noticed that my choke plungers were jammed open. After removing the carbs i wasn't even able to close them by hand. I managed to pull one out, it was heavily scored.

The problem is within the "choke tunnel" not the plungers. Could anyone see any issue with me stuffing some fine wet n dry through the tunnels to try and stop whatever is scratching and jamming them open?
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Re: Wet and dry choke

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You mean the tunnel that goes into the carb Venturi? If so then i don't see a problem as long as it's just to smooth it out a bit, however you might have debris in the brass pipes that go from the float bowl to the choke...I.e. you won't get any fuel flowing with the choke open...Just more air.
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Re: Wet and dry choke

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Sorry wasn't very clear. I mean we're the actual choke plungers and spring go. I managed to remove them but they were jammed in solid.

I'll sand the plungers and where they slide into on the carb
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