Those rubber tubes go harder with age (like us all!)and grip to the carbs and cylinder head like crazy. The tubes have an internalridge that engages in a groove on the carbs and head so the tube has to swell a fair bit to get them off - so back the clamps right off to be sure that they aren't preventing the rubber swelling enough. Putting more pressure on one end of the row of carbs and wriggling them worked for me - eventually. I also added a bit of encouragement by levering the outer rubber tube (either #1 or #4 - whichever side you are pulling on the carbs) gently with a wide bladed screwdriver, making sure not to damage the rubber.

Take care if you'relevering on the rear bracket (the Al casting that screws to the intake of all 4 carbs)with thelever - it bends. Personally I wouldn't recommend it.

Clean up the aluminum and the rubber, then put high temp silicon grease on the mating surfaces of the tubes when you reassemble.

 

alright mane. thanks everyone for makein this adventure less stressfull than it already is.

 

Those ****** tubes were probably the hardest thing to get apart on the whole bike, so if you beat them, you've passed your initiation ceremony! (I haven't pulled the bottom end apart yet, so I could be wrong, but done pretty much everything else.)

 

He's right. It's a pain in the a$$. But once you get them off and lube 'em up and get them soft again, it gets waaaaay easier.

 

In the last two days, I've been testing different main jets. I found that the easiest way to remove the carbs was to actually concentrate on pulling from one side of the assembly. Pulling from both sides was much harder. Same idea putting them back in. Try to get one side inside the boots then nudge the other side in as best as you can and wiggle. Seemed to work best for me?

 

got them off earlier today. man it was a struggle.. after i got it off i wanted to yell and throw it on the ground like i was doin a touchdown dance. newayz. they are off. where can i get some spark plug wires. anyone sell them. ?