I just hold the slide in my left hand, grab the spring with my right finger tips, and "walk" it up the cable, until there is an inch of free cable between my fingers and slide. Now just push the cable down and lift up and out of the retainer. Takes a few seconds, no tools required.
The carb only needs to be rotated for all jetting changes except float level. On the '07, there is no solid mounting (bolts) holding the airboot to the airbox, just an "H" gasket style fit, and not a tight one. Excessive pressure on the boot toward the airbox could dislodge the airboot from the airbox.
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