Plain old get the carbs off the bike

[johnblaid]

after searching and reading buster's sticky about how to remove the carbs from the bike, it appears that it's so totally simple that nobody bothers to write about it.

I've removed the air box and scoops etc. I have loosened all 8 clamps under the 4 carbs until I can rotate the clamps with my fingers. They are all very loose but I have not removed the screws entirely. Evidently I should be able to pull the carbs off at this point.

I am a pretty strong guy. They will not pull up. Due to the last guy who worked on them not installing the plates that hold each pair together at the front and back of the set, I can wiggle the pairs on each side separately. They still won't come off.

I don't see that the throttle cables are preventing me from lifting them up.

any ideas or are they just that hard to pull out of the rubber mounts?

 

[onspeed]

Use something for leverage. I have a 3ft socket wrench extension that I use, pivot from the Vboost connector, and applying pressure on the metal bracket that holds the float drain tubes on each side.

Also, yes it sounds as though the brackets holding the left and right side carbs together were not properly installed (if at all?). Should be no play between the carbs.

You will need to remove the carbs as a set though as the choke , throttle , and fuel line is linked between both sides. . Don't forget to pull the fuel hose off and disconnect throttle cables.

 

[johnblaid]

thanks...both brackets are there but loose and only held on with one screw each.

lucky I noticed this. started the bike and gas started leaking.

Sending them to Sean. I would doubt the guy who rebuilt them actually rebuilt them except that I lost 3 mpg after I got the bike back so he had to have done something.

but...holy crap...a three foot extension?

 

[onspeed]

Yes, got a couple 3-6fts actually. Useful for removing bellhousing bolts on some cars, particularly a 93+ F-body.

 

[johnblaid]

Ah, that makes sense to me. I used to drag race when I was a teenager and young adult. I rebuilt a lot of stuff.

I hate working on machines now. Especially this damn bike. But I love the ride. Curses.

 

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I've heard guys have good luck with a wood broom handle.
It does take some force.

I typically stand on the left, reach over the bike and grab the 2 carbs on the right and give em a yank. Walk over to the other side of the bike and vise versa.

I only loosen the 4 clamps directly under the carbs. I leave the ones that secure the boots to the manifolds tight. I've head others say they loosen them all but I've had better luck with just the top 4.





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[tothemax93]

I use a wooden hammer handle

 

[davesax36]

I also spray some silicone lube on the tops of the boots when I'm loosening them. Especially after I snapped a broom handle last time.

 

[Fire-medic]

I use the longest flat-blade Craftsman screwdriver in my toolbox, a square-stock shaft, and make sure I'm not bearing on a delicate, unsupported part of the carb body casting. Constant upward pressure, not a 'blow,' and then the same thing on the other side.

Since the moron left-off the pieces which attach the carbs to each other, you might find your intermediate hoses and the rod brackets get tweaked-out of where they are supposed to be, and may leak or not function correcly when you put things back together. I would expect it will cause you headaches when you try to synch the carbs too. Those x brackets are very $$ if you try to buy them if you don't have them, maybe Dannymax, Sean, or Kyle has some if you don't have 'em.

If you have trouble re-seating the carbs, you could soften the rubbers by throwing them in boiling water for a bit to soften them, and then immediately reinstalling them. Or, use what my friend does, just coat the carb ring and the inside of the rubber w/a coating of good-ole "water-soluble lubricant," as-in KY.

I have also had good luck w/difficult to seat carbs, by just straddling the carb set, in-place, and then using my butt seated on top of the rack of carbs to press them in-place. This technique makes them easy to "seat!" When they do, you will feel them slip into the rubbers.

 

[Redbone]

I use a wooden hammer handle

+1, of my medium ball pein persuader.:biglaugh:

 

[sdt354]

I use the longest flat-blade Craftsman screwdriver in my toolbox, a square-stock shaft, and make sure I'm not bearing on a delicate, unsupported part of the carb body casting. Constant upward pressure, not a 'blow,' and then the same thing on the other side.

Since the moron left-off the pieces which attach the carbs to each other, you might find your intermediate hoses and the rod brackets get tweaked-out of where they are supposed to be, and may leak or not function correcly when you put things back together. I would expect it will cause you headaches when you try to synch the carbs too. Those x brackets are very $$ if you try to buy them if you don't have them, maybe Dannymax, Sean, or Kyle has some if you don't have 'em.

If you have trouble re-seating the carbs, you could soften the rubbers by throwing them in boiling water for a bit to soften them, and then immediately reinstalling them. Or, use what my friend does, just coat the carb ring and the inside of the rubber w/a coating of good-ole "water-soluble lubricant," as-in KY.

I have also had good luck w/difficult to seat carbs, by just straddling the carb set, in-place, and then using my butt seated on top of the rack of carbs to press them in-place. This technique makes them easy to "seat!" When they do, you will feel them slip into the rubbers.

+1 to using a screw driver to pry them up. I pry on the bracket that holds the drain hoses, and a flat spot under the carb. body. Not much force is needed. soaking them around the upper boot helps too.They can feel like they're cemented in, if not removed for a while.

 

[gamorg02]

i usually try to run the bike before i take the carbs off, to loosen up the rubbers. i've also used a heat gun, maybe not the safest thing tho.