Alright to make a long story short, I have been having a HELL of a time trying to pull the carbs off my F2.

All 4 of the lower clamp screws are loosened, and I have rocked it back and forth and pulled HARD, still wont come off. They're all loosened enough to be able to spin around.

I've lubed all 4 of the boots with silicone lubricant/penetrant, let it soak a while, and they STILL will not come off easily.

I've tried for a couple hours and now my lower back is kinda sore from trying to get them off so i've loosely put the bike together and garaged it again, I may try again in the morning, I must be missing something? They jiggle slightly but wont come out!

1993 F2, just under 24k miles, probably has never had it's carbs pulled off so that might explain why they've been such a PITA.

Any additional advice would be great before I try again tomorrow.

 

LOLOLOL!!!

No joke...use a pry bar. Make sure it's anchored in a position that won't damage any plastic bits and slowly pry from one side, then from the other, rocking the carbs back and forth perpendicular to the bike. When you reinstall them, I've found it useful to put a little film of bearing grease on the inside of the boot to help slide them off.

Take your time and it should work fine.

 

mine were the same way - they are just that hard to get off, pull harder or use the prybar mentioned above.

 

The prybar method works great

 

and stand with a leg either side like your sitting on it, and pull! better for the back lol

 

and listen to music at the same time!

 

Loosen the clamps WAAAAAY off. Almost about to fall off.

 

Got em off! Took about 2 days of serious prying and pulling. I'll be replacing all 4 of the intake boots since they're about 18 years old and this is likely the first time the carbs have ever been off the bike since it came off the factory line in 1993. All of them are very hard and stiff, and I pretty much chewed em up ripping the carbs off the bike,



Now I can replace my frayed throttle cables and do a valve adjustment.



Also don't punch a hole in the side of the #4 carb like I did, have a new set I found cheap on ebay coming though. I also snapped off the little carb breather joint in the #1 cylinder head, going to have to carefully drill it out and put a new one in (4$)

 

Now just how in the hell did you do that?? Also,CA spec bike??

 

yes CA spec bike