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Removing intake boots.

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Wow,1_v8_merc, that all kinda seems... over the top. Lol. And it sounds like most of your methods are for removing in order to replace the boots...

keman said:
I have seen folks fabricate a brace attached to the caps of #2 & #3 up to frame.
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Hmm... interesting. Maybe I'll look into that. Any idea how they attached the brace to the carbs? Perhaps in a similar fashion as the choke and throttle cable braces on the carbs?

I'm glad my thread could help in some way Hone101! I am actually planning on doing progressive springs, but haven't yet purchased them yet. If I do them soon enough I'll be sure to make a post about it! It will definitely go into my build thread!
(Shameless self promotion... http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=179319)
 
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I've used that freeze & release stuff before to get head studs out and it works extremely well in general and is super handy when the studs have snapped. Have used it for a few other applications too. As to boots? i was replacing boots & heads, so ended up just taking a hacksaw to the bolt head and got it off any way possible and then soaked the threaded sections with penetrene and then used vicegrips to reef the threaded part out.
 
Nuitdevotremort said:
Hmm... interesting. Maybe I'll look into that. Any idea how they attached the brace to the carbs? Perhaps in a similar fashion as the choke and throttle cable braces on the carbs?
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Yep, they were attached to the rear inside caps just like the throttle brace up front. Don't know if they used a longer screw or anything other than a rigged brace with a flat washer tacked on for the carb cap screws.
 
I'll be spending today getting my intakes off.
This thread gave me some needed confidence.
 
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