How important is it for the carb boots to be so tight?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:13 pm
Hey all.
The carb boots on the CBX are famously tight, with advice for removal and installation including the use of prybars, 2x4s, ratchet straps, and probably most importantly the use of a heat gun to get the rubber smoking hot.
I am in the design phase for custom throttle bodies to replace the OEM carbs. They will install in place of the OEM carbs, which will allow the inclusion of the entire OEM intake tract, plus the OEM throttle linkages and cables.
The bad news is that I intend to fabricate these throttle bodies from a material that is unlikely to withstand the heat required to get the rubber boots smoking hot.
The good news is that I have complete control over the final shape and dimensions of the completed throttle bodies. It's hard for me to understand why they have to be as tight as they apparently do. This might be an unanswerable question, but how much of the difficulty with removal and replacement is due to tightness, and how much is due to the amount of deformation required because of the V-shape of the bank of carbs and the boots that receive them? If the shape or size of the outlets of the carbs/throttle bodies was changed to make removal and replacement easier, would it even make a difference?
Thanks for any advice or insight on this.
The carb boots on the CBX are famously tight, with advice for removal and installation including the use of prybars, 2x4s, ratchet straps, and probably most importantly the use of a heat gun to get the rubber smoking hot.
I am in the design phase for custom throttle bodies to replace the OEM carbs. They will install in place of the OEM carbs, which will allow the inclusion of the entire OEM intake tract, plus the OEM throttle linkages and cables.
The bad news is that I intend to fabricate these throttle bodies from a material that is unlikely to withstand the heat required to get the rubber boots smoking hot.
The good news is that I have complete control over the final shape and dimensions of the completed throttle bodies. It's hard for me to understand why they have to be as tight as they apparently do. This might be an unanswerable question, but how much of the difficulty with removal and replacement is due to tightness, and how much is due to the amount of deformation required because of the V-shape of the bank of carbs and the boots that receive them? If the shape or size of the outlets of the carbs/throttle bodies was changed to make removal and replacement easier, would it even make a difference?
Thanks for any advice or insight on this.