I've tried a regular allen wrench, a ball end allen wrench, a quarter inch bit with a regular wrench, and none will go far enough into the bolt to loosen it on the carb side.

Any other ideas????

I just took mine off day before yesterday. I completely removed the choke lever bracket from the frame. Removed the carb and left it dangling from the throttle cables. Of course this is all done after removal of the gas tank. I was surprised to find out that the carb is not bolted to the manifold in any way at all, but simply pulls straight out. All of this should leave enough room for you to use a long ball end hex wrench. Left two are easy, but the right two take some tweaking. You see, the ones on the Right must rub the manifold as they are removed which will make a slight pressure mark (unless someone knows a better way, I don't) which will not hurt anything except for your feelings.

Hey Russ. The answer is to cut your allen down about 1/2 inch. I kept the piece I cut off and use it with my ratcheting wrench to remove them quicker. If you have a slim enough ratcheting box end wrench the piece that is cut off works great so don't pitch it. Otherwise, use the newly shortened allen wrench.

Rotten is right .... You have to cut the short end of your Allen wrench way down.

I just ordered the Yost wrench. Ugh...

Bondhus makes a really nice set of T-handle ball drivers. Very long, and that size has a nice big padded handle. That's what I use for those two bolts, works great. Be real careful when you go to put them back in, very easy to cross-thread them.

On the two left side ones, cut down an regular L type allen wrench. Bondhus actually sells a set of already shortened ones, but you can just cut one down. I always stick regular heax head machine screws in there when I put it back together, rather than the allen head factory jobs.

These are what I'm talking about:

http://www.bondhus.com/images/13190.jpg

They're long enough to reach in there. They're sold under at least one other brand name, too, can't remember what it is though.

http://www.bondhus.com/images/stubby1.jpg

Here's the stubby jobs. Handy to have.

I bought a set of Huskys that look just like those above.


Once I got the rocker box covers off, I was able to use the long ball end allen wrench to get the intake off.

I took that off, popped the heads off, pulled the cylinders off, pulled out the lifters, took off the gearcase covers, and pulled the cams.

Now... the wait.... . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hey Russ, there is another very cheap option out there that work's great. I realize you got yours figured out but for anyone else who is considering it, there is a tool that is specially made for this. Its kind of S shaped. The cool thing is the tool is the same thing as a garbage disposal tool that you can purchase at a Home Depot for about 6 bucks. Just go to the appliance section and you'll find it hanging by the garbage disposals. Works like a charm.

i ran into the same problem when i did mine...all i did was take both the heads off at the same time and left the manifold attatched...worked great!!

i couldn't find the tool anywhere and didn't want to take the time to order one...so off they went!