I spray a little WD40 or whatever in there and then carefully use a 1X2 to pry the carbs out of the boots. This is when the boots are still bolted to the engine. Only reason to remove boots from the engine is if they leak and need to be replaced or to replace the gasket in between
On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 2:13 PM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you check them for cracks or holes where air could leak in? Good luck! > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 12:56 PM Holger Selover-Stephan < > [email protected] wrote: > >> Thanks! Maybe my intake boots are just really hard, because even with the >> band taken off, they are solidly attached still. I'll try more force. The >> boots on the airbox side are currently soaking in a alcohol&wintergreen oil >> to soften them up. >> >> Holger >> >> On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 10:46:15 AM UTC-8, roidfingers wrote: >>> >>> Once you have the band very loose, then just pry them off. BTW. It's >>> easier to leave the intake boots on the motor and then pull the carb bank >>> out of the intake boots. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
