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RE: TR3 Carbs -- Poor machining?

Subject: RE: TR3 Carbs -- Poor machining?
From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 10:53:17 -0700
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Organization: Navcom Technology, Inc
What a great idea !  Wish I'd thought of that ... <g>

On Thursday, May 06, 1999 4:46 AM, fogbro1@impop.bellatlantic.net 
[SMTP:fogbro1@impop.bellatlantic.net] wrote:
> 
> FWIW I always fit the throttle stop castings in two steps.
> 
> 1. I install the shafts and butterflies, carefully centering the
> butterflies by wiggling, jiggling and holding them up to bright light to
> minimize any gap between them and the bodies.
> 
> 2. I fit the castings onto the shafts with Locktite blue or red making
> sure they're positioned so that I have both idle adjustment at the
> closed position and butterflies perpendicular to the passage at the
> fully open position.
> 
> 3. After the Locktite has set, I disassemble the shafts and butterflies,
> drill the holes and insert roll pins. Now I know that the throttle stop
> castings will be in the correct position when I reassemble the carbs.
> 
> Ed Woods
> 
> 

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