Before I put a cutting torch through it.

[Willie Dee]

Yeh the needles were replaced,actually everything was replaced that could be. I bought all the bits from Amal but they are a bit "vague" on the 2 new carbs I ordered,anyone had any bother with them? They have been great so far.

[chaz]

well, Amal have history in carbs for many years and many vehicles. they know what they are doing, unfortunately, in todays world they have to be competative. this means us old machinists (40+ years) are getting near  retirement age. 10 years ago we had 120+ machinists turning out £2 million a year, now we do £7 million with 25 people. one of our former machinists works for Amal now but not machining.
the machining of the bodies is carried out in India. The assembly is done in Salisbury, the only problem Ive had is a 600 series carb was machined wrong and had to go back to India for correcting, this held up a customer rebuild. that said, the recent 289G/1at I got for a B33 got the engine running and starts second kick now.3
Wassells do their own 6 and 9 series carbs cheaper, Ive fitted to my Triumph 500 no problem, but some would say not original. shape is coating isnt but do the job.