Pete Chadwell wrote :
[in response to]
>>The result is that the shaft has no play in it (the old bushings were
>>definitely worn, especially the the one on the carb side of the engine).
>>I still get some binding of the gas pedal though...
>Peter:
>
>What kind of shape are the ball joints in the linkage between the carbs?
>They may be binding a bit, although normally I would expect them just to
>get real loose and sloppy. I threw out those ball joints quite a long time
>ago and replaced each one with a spherical rod end from Bearings, Inc.
>These rod ends are not too expensive, as I remember, but I don't know how
>expensive the OEM ones are, either. Also, I made a bronze bushing to go on
>the pivot of the throttle linkage bellcrank, as I was losing a lot of
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>motion there.
Yes, that's the spot where nearly all of the slop in the linkage of my old
TR-250 was. Listers, watch that spot while someone else pushes your ac-
celerator pedal, you may see the bellcrank lean over sideways before any
motion goes to the carb linkage.
>Incidentally, it sure would have been nice to have access to a forum like
>this list back in '89 when I was replacing those accelerator shaft
>bushings! I can't remember how I solved the problem exactly, but I think
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>it involved LIMITED cutting of the bushings or something. Anyway, they're
>still there. I'd have done it differently for sure if I'd had a resource
>like this list!! Thanks to all!!
>
>Pete Chadwell
>1973 TR6
>CF10732
>
..and regarding the tight-fitting bushing problem, here is what I would
have tried myself, except that I sold the car before I got around to that
job : after the cross-shaft is out and the rust cleaned off, I would
have tried to use a tapered hand reamer to slightly enlarge the holes in
the bulkhead that the bushings press into. I guessed that it wouldn't
take much, and they would pop right in. Just a thought, YMMV, etc..
Tom Tweed
SW Ohio
TR-250 (owned 1988-1996)
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