Easy way to fix that leak at the fuel inlet tee between the carbs.

[Valk4us]

I thought I'd post this because it was nearly as bad as I thought it be to make this repair and I thought it might be helpful to others

I noticed fuel leaking around the carburetors on my 97 tourer. After closer inspection I determine it was coming from the inlet tee located between the two rear carburetors.  There are o-rings seals on tees going into the carburetors and after 20 years they can get hard and worn out and not seal properly. At 1st it looked like I was going have to remove and pull the carburetors apart just to change a couple frikken o-rings, but after some inspection and bit of trial and error I found it wasn't that hard after all!  You still have have to remove the tank an that blasted air box, but you don't have to remove the carburetors to get the job done.

After removing the tank, fuel line, & air box you'll have to remove the choke cable on either side of the rear of the carburetors. You do this by first removing the 3 phillips screws securing the chrome cover and then disconnecting the cable that ties ties to the right bank of carburetors.

Then remove the 4 nuts holding the rear bracket holding the left and right sides of the carburetors. 
Then remove the bracket,

Remove the 2 bolts holding the intake tube to the engine on rear carburetor. Then carefully pry the carburetor away from the middle carburetor.  A strategically placed small pry bar or flat head screwdriver with a little tapping with a small hammer should do the trick.  There are 2 points where a steel tubes hold the carbs together so be sure to work both points in succession so as not to put them  in a bind.

You only have to move about a 1/2 in or so,  just enough to get the tee out.

You could just change out the o-rings, but I ended up changing out both tees Honda part # 16024-MZ0-000 because one of them broke and they got pretty brittle over the years. Then but it all back together. I suggest that you go ahead and do both sides because if one is leaking then the other one is not far behind.

Be careful to note that there is also vent tee as well so make sure it is reinstall correctly

Also make sure the spring in between the carburetors (the one in the middle) is in place as well as it can easily fall out if separate the carburetors to far

I can post pictures but I'm not sure how to do it on this site.

 I hope this was helpful to someone.

[Brewer]

Sounds good and glad it worked for you.
In some cases it takes far more force to separate the carbs than you describe. I wanted to mentioned that for the next reader in case they have the extra credit version.

[Leathel]

I did mine recently but seams 1 was leaking due to age I wanted to replace them all so pulled the carbs

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Do you have a photobucket.com account?

If so you can put the photos there in their own folder and then use the "photo album" link at the left side of the screen.

[Valk4us]

Do you have a photobucket.com account?

If so you can put the photos there in their own folder and then use the "photo album" link at the left side of the screen.

No I  don't  sorry.

[Bagger John - #3785]

Sounds good and glad it worked for you.
In some cases it takes far more force to separate the carbs than you describe. I wanted to mentioned that for the next reader in case they have the extra credit version.

It did with my '99 Tourer.

I had to disassemble the bank when this very scenario occurred, and the rods which pass through the carb bodies to hold them together had oxidized. All O rings on the supply tubes were replaced while I had them apart.