Hi everybody it's Eric J.K. with Alex J.K. Racing. Today we are talking about cleaning the vortex mini rock micro rock carburetor. I'm going to assume you've already pulled the throttle cable. We're here to set this guy down. So one of the first things we learned when doing cadet carts, and there's no manual for this of course, you buy a cart and go racing and next thing you know you're trying to figure out what to do. One of the most critical things we learned was you need to clean this carburetor. We clean it several times a day. Definitely before qualifying and definitely before the finals. I know this right here before practices but the important events we do. So I'm going to I've already loosened the screws just to make this go faster but we're going to take off the float bowl here. Okay, I set that. Oh you don't be afraid we even do that. Important. Metal dish from Harbor Freight, 78 bucks, take some brake cleaner, give it a good blast. You want to clean that thing out good, make sure there's no sand, dirt, particles of anything in there. You put your jets and what not in here you don't want those picking up anything. Otherwise that defeats the whole purpose of your carb clean. So we're taking the float bowl off, I'll set that aside. First thing I'm going to do is I'm going to take off the main jet here, I'm trying to get my hands out of the way. Very important to note before you take it off this lip on this little what I call the hat is pointing down. If you get that backwards the cart will not start and that usually happens when you go to qualifying or the pre-main or something like that. It's an awful experience to have your kids sit in there and you can't do anything about it. So just pull the jet out, it goes back in. It's always good to just remember the way it goes, the lip is down, jets on that side, set those in the dish for now. The next thing I do is I take an 8mm driver here and I pull out this here where the main jet went. All these little holes, any one of those can clog up with dirt, sand, grime, whatever, and affect performance of the car. So we take those out, give that a good clean. Then we'll take off the idle jet here, the same thing, super tiny little holes there. Of course the main hole in here you can't really see but set that aside. Then we take off the pilot jet here. It's really tiny. One thing that's important to know is you really should have spares of all these. Nothing worse than being out in an open pit, dropping something that bounces off into the grass and you'll never see it again. Take the gasket out, we replace these quite often. Next thing is you can take the floats off as well. There's a little pin in here, gotta give a pull too. Sometimes it just pops right out. Sometimes it takes a pair of needle nose pliers. That pin, unlike the Rotex Micromax where you can make sure it stays in there, you can screw it in. This is just floating and there is nothing worse than losing that either. I assure you. So set that aside, floats come out. If you notice in the float there's a little lip here. Okay, this guy, I'm just pointing out, sits in there and we put it back together. It kind of sits like that. We put it all in. It's a little rubber tip, you don't want to get brake cleaner or carb cleaner on. That can dry out and cause issues as well. All these pieces go in the dish. Now you've got yourself a fairly empty carb and we'll literally just take some brake cleaner, spray it out. I can do it here, this is already a fairly clean carb. I usually give any holes on the carb reader a good blast in there, up there in the fuel intake there. On the front you get that good and cleaned out. It's really, I can't tell you how important it is. We're ready to put it back together. I just kind of go in reverse order. I put that pilot jet back in first. Doesn't matter what order it goes in. So I have to go in the right hole and they can only go in one hole. It's important when you clean these jets to put your fingers over those holes, blast it straight through. That was a good idea to blow through it too. Just blow right into it. If you hold it up to the sky, you should be able to see a clear blue sky through the hole. Then after you've done that, then you can give it another blast and it'll clear out these holes as well. Same thing with the big one. You won't just get the main hole here clean. You want to get all these holes clean as well. Alright, so we're going to put the pilot jet back in. I'm going to put the idle jet back in here. You don't have to over tighten these just a little snug. I'll put this guy in. Do you want to put the floats on? You just kind of set it in there like that. Take your pin. Push the pin through. Line it up. Like I said, there's nothing to really see it in there permanently. It can slide out. So be careful you won't walk around with the car hanging down because that pin can slide out and end your day really quick. We give our main jet a good spray out. Same thing. Blow through it. Make sure it's good and clear. Put it back in so that the hat faces down. Back in. Okay. Make sure you replace your gasket. Put your float bowl back on. Screw down those guys. Reinstall on your carb on your engine. And you've got yourself a clean carb. Why is that? I can't emphasize enough that you should be cleaning this at least once or twice a day on race days. It's especially here in Central Florida. We get so much sand. Pick up. One of those little grains of sand can really affect your performance. Anyway, that's today's lesson on how to clean a cadet plus a mini rock carb rear. Thanks very much. Like and subscribe for future how-tos. Thanks.