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Re: [Fot] New? HS6 failure mode

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Subject: Re: [Fot] New? HS6 failure mode
From: Phil Gott <vfracing@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 06:41:06 -0400
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This did not get through the first time. In the interest of helping folks avoid 
an on track failure, Iâ??m trying again:

> While running my TR4A on a dyno the rear carburetor piston spun in the 
> housing. The little â??Lâ?? shaped guide that positions the piston came 
> loose. The small Screw (probably a Whitworth(?) size between our numbers 4 
> and 6 machine screws) Apparently worked itâ??s way out If itâ??s hole and 
> into (and hopefully out of) the engine.  This screw is set into the 
> carburetor body and held in place by a split end - similar to a butterfly 
> throttle screw.  I found the â??Lâ?? shaped guide lodged into one of the 
> breather holes in the carburetor body.  The screw is visible at the front of 
> the carb body if you remove the air dome and the piston.
> I have never serviced these screws: have overlooked them in fact. It would 
> seem advisable to remove these, clean them up and then Loctite them in place.
> Another lesson learned the hard way....
> Phil Gott 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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