VF500 1986 Interceptor Carb removal

Ok, so I have taken the tank off, removed the battery, undone the clips on the rubber inlet stubs and all the bits up to the point of removing the carbs. Now I come to trying to remove the carbs themselves and the damn things wont budge. Any ideas, have I missed anything? I am reluctant to use too much force.

Thanks for any ideas

Mike

 

make sure all your clamps are loosened, if you took off the air plenum put it right back on (big silver looking thing ) that has to stay on or you will break your carbs trying to get them off
the only suggestion I could give you is a slow steady increasing pressure on the front bank or back bank (one or the other)and if it is this hard to get off you will need to get new carb insulators yours are probably the originals and should be replaced
I used a pry bar and a piece of wood (to spread out the force) to pop them loose

 

Greatly Loosen both the top and bottom clamps on the rubber insulators. Use a small screwdriver to pry around the top of the rubber while spraying wd40 or some similar lubricant and try to get it to wick down into the joint. Using large channel lock pliers you can try to grab the insulator and give it a little twist to rotate on the manifold. Once you get them loose whene they will rotate easily then they can be easily removed with the pry bar/block of wood. You can also try adding a little heat with a hair dryer to help soften up the rubber and help them ease off. Good luck to you.

 

Got yhr carbs off at lasty

he whole using a piece of wood was what did it. Now to actually cleaning the carbs. Has anyone done the whole thing od drilling out the plugs covering the pilot jets?

 

You can't do a proper cleaning without drilling out the plugs so you can remove/clean the pilot SCREWS, aka mixture adjustment screws. The pilot jets are inside the bowls. Do a search on cleaning carbs for an excellent pictoral how-to in this forum.

 

Here you go!

Daugherty Motorsports - V4 Honda Carb Removal and Installation Procedure

 

But where's a mostly-bald 60+ single guy going to find that in his toolkit ??? :joker:

 

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has em really cheap...