Carb cleaning needles

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cross
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Carb cleaning needles

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Hi guys, i wanted to buy carb cleaning needles and was looking at these two, what do you think?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carburetor-Carb ... iL&vxp=mtr

or this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/motorcycle-atv- ... JR&vxp=mtr

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I have the second one. And works great for me. Remember easy does it. I just use the smallest one for the idle jets.

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And not for the carb passages?

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Be careful with those things, they are basically acetylene torch tip cleaners and are aggressive, the correct size electric guitar strings are much more flexible and less coarse.

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