Replacing the intake boots on 1980 xj650 maxim

i need help in replacing the boots, i have no knowledge, please help, a friend said its easy just move the carburetor back and then take them off, easy said that done

 

Yeah... those boots hold that barb pretty tight.
Just loosen all of the clamps all the way... (or just cut them off and replace them) You will also have to loosen the clamps for the manifolds too. Loosen the airbox and you will get a little bit of play. The airbox mounts are under the seat.
The rest of the job is just minkeying the thing out of there. Don't be too worried about being gentle. Don't go crazy on it, but you'll notice the carb rack is actually a lot more sturdy than it might appear.

 

When I had my old carb boots, the stock ones, it was a squeeze push pull process with one hand in the airbox and the other near the carbs. PITA if you ask me.
Most people here have replaced carb boots with $2 Plumbquick plumbing couplings. Much easier to remove and install
-Chris

 

I remember the first time I had them replaced. I have replaced them on every bike I have ever owned for street. But I brought it to this harley guy who ended up charging me $500. I didn't know any better because I had never ridden street bikes. he said the manifolds were almost $400.

 

Not sure if the original post is about carb-to-airbox boots or carb-to-engine intake manifolds.

Carb-to-engine intake manifolds are NOT to be taken lightly on the bigger motors (650, 750, 1100.) On those bikes, some of the bolt holes go THROUGH and as such, the screws are much more prone to being corroded in place and breaking off than with the 550s.

 

Although my bike (XJ600) was sold in the US as an FJ, I know the genuine intake boots are approximately $60 each. A pattern set of 4 in the UK are £100.

I would have thought you could just swap the £ for a $ to get a US price.

 

My experience with them pretty much echoes all of the previous sentiment. From the diagram I'm looking at, Diagram you've got your air box, carb joints, carbs, air cleaner joints and your air cleaner. If your 1980 650 is like my 1983 750, and I'm betting it is, you'll find that all of these parts are connected without much wiggle room.

I guess my advice would be, that given the fact that there really are no shortcuts, take your time and think logically and critically until figure out what works best for you. Good luck!

P.S.: Oops, evidently the link doesn't take you to the diagram, but one of the opening pages.

 

absoultely search for the thread on this site. One of the wizards posted a nice 'how to', read it a few times and definitely don't take it lightly lol as bigfitz mentioned, you will be in a world of crap w/ that motor in a machine shop getting those broken bolts out.

 

Yup... happened to me.. snapped two off.. It really sucked.

Rob

 

How is that done?