>Subject: Re: It lives again!
>Sent: 5/5/98 11:35 PM
>Received: 5/9/98 2:02 PM
>From: Martin Lucas, marty7@titan.co.nz
>To: lotus-cars@lists1.best.com
>CC: rodbean@ix.netcom.com
>
>Rod Bean wrote:
>
>>Keith,
>>
>>Congratulations on getting the car on the road. That's always a
>>wonderful milestone (been through it many times).
>>
>>Regarding the Weber shaft problem, have you tried just twisting the shaft
>>until the butterflies close together, then adjusting that carb to the
>>other? If this suggestion is too obvious and you're way beyond it,
>>forgive me. Sometimes it's the little things we forget.
>>
>>Rod
>
>Hi Rod,
>
>Please correct me if I am wrong, but I was always led to believe that once a
>throttle shaft was twisted then throw it away and fit a new one if it is
>causing carburettor problems. I imagine it would be very difficult to 'bend'
>it just right.
>
>I'm all for economising but the chance of success must be low for this one.
>
>Later,
>Martin Lucas
>
>
>
Hi Martin,
I've done this twisting of Weber shafts quite routinely for years and
have never had a problem. Normal operation, particularly if it includes
competition of some kind, will often tweak the shafts a little so that
the butterflies on a given carb aern't syncronized any more.
Caution: When I say "twist", I mean with great judiciosity (as we who
make up words like to say). That is to say, gently, carefully and not
very much. I do agree that a shaft which has been *really* twisted,
should be replaced. All a matter of degree.
Rod
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