How to remove the carburetor float and needle valve – Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV, DGAV

Assuming you have just separated the carb halves, you should now be looking to remove the float valves:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

The floats are held in by a float fixing pin, part number 52000.015:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

Use a pick or a similar small, long instrument to push it out from one side:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

At this point you can carefully lift the float out – don’t tip it at an angle until you remove the needle valve in case it falls and gets lost:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

As you can see it is held on to the float assembly by a small metal arm. Unhook it:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

The part number for the float needle valve assembly (needle valve and matching seat) is 79519.xxx – where xxx corresponds to the size in mm (150 = 1.5mm etc.). A closer look at the floats (part number FLT-21-739A):

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

The float valve and floats dictate when the fuel supply to the carb bowl is turned on and off; if you have a problem with fuel oversupply you may find that these are worn, obstructed or otherwise damaged.

Now that the floats have been removed you can see the power valve:

Here's how to remove the carburetor floats and needle valve on the Weber 32/36 DGV, DGEV and DGAV carburetor as shown on MotoFaction.org.

Now you can go on to the next step – inspecting and removing the power valve – or go back to the main Weber 32/36 cleaning page.

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