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Offline bmikkalson

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Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« on: July 29, 2009, 11:03:19 PM »
There has to be some kind of secret to removing and install the carbs with the motor in the frame.  I have spent a good 3 hours messing around with the rubber boots and air box.  I get one carb boot on, than the other falls off. You guys have any tips??

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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 11:20:32 PM »
Assuming it's a CB750...  Removal - I typically remove the airbox first.  It's usually best to remove the hoses from the float bowls first, then remove the 2 10mm bolts holding the airbox, then the hose clamps - if your airbox has wingnuts on the bottom, remove them and take off the bottom half of the box, then the top.  If there are no wingnuts, just remove the whole box at once.  If it has a hose on the top of the airbox, remove that.  To make the wrestling easier, spray silicon on the rubber boots - this helps quite a lot. 

Taking the carbs off is then a matter of loosening the hose clamps on the carb side of the insulators/hoses/connectors/rubber things.  If the carb seems stubborn, some judicious prying with a piece of wood helps. Lastly, I remove the linkage and fuel line. 

Upon reversing the process, the silicon spray is more important.  Old and stiff carb insulators make "popping the carbs into into position" harder and the silicon really helps there.  I've used 2x4s to get the carbs "home".  The right way to do it is to get new insulators... I'm not sure if new ones are available for K7/K8s. 

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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 11:27:50 PM »
From the airbox take a screwdriver where the airfilter goes and push the airbox to the carbs and snug them up. Use a space heater or hair dryer to heat and soften that stuff up. Im guessing but is it a 350f?
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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 11:31:33 PM »
Current bike that is giving me problems is a 80 cb650.   

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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 01:40:32 AM »
When trying to put them on - heat the rubber mounts (carbs to inlets) with a hair dryer for a good few minutes - this will soften them up - then just push them on - simple job - but take your time and heat those rubbers up good , your carb to air box rubbers - get someone with small fingers helps..



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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 08:18:02 AM »
There has to be some kind of secret to removing and install the carbs with the motor in the frame.  I have spent a good 3 hours messing around with the rubber boots and air box.  I get one carb boot on, than the other falls off. You guys have any tips??


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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 02:22:45 PM »
Yes,its a right of passage,it gets easier everytime you do it.Now I can pull off my carbs in 10 min.The first time was like 3 hours.New rubber,the best 40 bucks I ever spent.
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Re: Carb install on CB's Any tips??
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 02:44:36 PM »
There has to be some kind of secret to removing and install the carbs with the motor in the frame.  I have spent a good 3 hours messing around with the rubber boots and air box.  I get one carb boot on, than the other falls off. You guys have any tips??

These are pictures of a CB350F however the same idea works on the CB650's too. Make sure to remove the metal chrome covers on the air box too!









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