[Fot] HS6 float bowl attachment bolt

[Bob Kramer]

Best advice is to buy new parts and use them. This does happen to most of us
at some point. The rubber should be replaced every few years.  I tried
alternative fixes and they didn't work. I have spares if you want to come and
get them.

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> On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Greg And Alison Blake <ablake2 at austin.rr.com>
wrote:
>
> Looks like a rubber washer under the bolt head in the moss catalog. Is that
> right or should it be more like a bushing slightly longer than the bore in
the
> carb body?
>
>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:03 PM, "Barr, Scott" <sbarr at McCarty-Law.com> wrote:
>>
>> Also important to note that there is a rubber isolator in there.  Bolting
it
> together without the rubber isolator will foam your fuel and cause a high
revs
> miss.
>>
>> Scott B.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Greg And Alison Blake
>> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:02 PM
>> To: FoT Triumph
>> Subject: [Fot] HS6 float bowl attachment bolt
>>
>> Eagle eye Pops caught a serious oversight on my part the other day. We
were
> working on safety improvements on the 3 and he happened to look under the
> hood. The rear float was dangling by the fuel supply and safety wired jet
> tube, the bolt that attaches it to the carb body was missing. This might
> explain the slight miss I experienced on the last few laps at TWS in
> December.
>>
>> I heard from a few tractor motor racers that they have had a similar
issue.
> So questions for the list:
>>
>> How many have found this problem?
>> Where did the bolt shear?
>> What did you do to keep it from happening again?
>>
>> BYW. Mine sheared just inside the threads of the float so I get to try and
> use an ease out to save the float bowl. Luckily Pops had a spare float bowl
to
> put in service for this weekend. The bolt looks like a grade 5 7/16-20 x 2".
I
> think the factor bolt had a shoulder diameter that matched the carb body.
That
> might help support the bolt by reducing the length it cantilevers from its
> support point. I don't know if the original bolts are available.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
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