Topic: Will Vaseline help me get it in there?

[Bodain]

I use long woodworking clamps to pull them on or pull them off.

[ktp1598]

Since we are on the topic of carb boots, can any of the experts out there (I'm a rook) pipe in on alternatives (if any) on having to purchase these carb boots from the dealer?  It looks like I will need to replace mine.  I inquired from the dealer as to cost and availability and I just about crapped my pants when I heard what these would cost? 

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

I'd like to know too...

[BobbyR]

...lay on it with the heat gun until they are soft enough...the head gets pretty hot, so I don't think you have to worry about damaging the boots...if you se smoke, then stop...   

Mreick got me a new set for a reasonable price. The clamp were very pricey. The new boots are so much softer.
O intake they actually pulse, looks like little hearts beating at idle.

[Stumby]

I use long woodworking clamps to pull them on or pull them off.

...sounds painfull.

I just spit on em.

 

[rt]

show them a pic of Chantelle Houghton - those boots won't stay hard then...

[Klark Kent]

O intake they actually pulse, looks like little hearts beating at idle.

aye, and bless those little hearts. 
-KK

[jtb]

I swipe a little bearing grease on mine.  I got a new set from Service Honda, they were about $16.00 apiece, and well worth it.

[schneider419]

well here i am at the end of  the line again. any way for what it's worth, when i put the carb. rack on my 350/f, i spray a little honda shine, the stuff you use to shine up your bike, into the boots. wipe it around a little. it really helps ease them in. done it for years, no problems

[Boomologist]

I use a little WD40. Over time it seems to be absorbed by the rubber.
Also, I have seen old rubber that is in contact with engine oil become very soft and split.
It's too bad some company doesn't invent something that will replace the oils that rubber looses.

[Bob Wessner]

It's too bad some company doesn't invent something that will replace the oils that rubber looses.

I hit the rubber bits with some silicone spray now and again, it seems to help.

[cleveland]

I ended up using both a heat gun and oil.  The carbs have not been on the engine for a long time (maybe a year or two) so I think that played a part in them not wanting to go on.  I think they shrunk some because my other set were not nearly as hard to get on.  The funny thing is the air box won't fit, so I have to pull them off and re-jet the carbs for pods.