Bob,
I did one side of each carb last night with JB Weld (I think this is
epoxy?). I used axle grease on the shaft and it came out just fine. I then
used a new 5/16" drill bit inserted through the opposite side to "ream" out
the excess epoxy which was mostly around the edge of the shaft hole on the
inside of the carb. So far it looks like it will work just fine as long as
the stuff will hold up to the gasoline and it bonds enough to not chip out.
I did the other two sides tonight and will ream the excess from inside using
the "new" shaft holes as a guide. I just now pulled the shafts back out; the
JB Weld took between 3-4 hours to set up properly.
Thanks for all the advice,
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <mmorris@nemr.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: high idle-JB Weld
> Monte,
> Having said yesterday that the epoxy would be OK, I'm thinking today
> that using black 'hylomar' type gasket material would seal as well and
> would be easy to dig out if ever necessary.
> The trick with either is to keep it from bonding to the shaft. I think
> that leaving the shaft in place for four hours then pulling out would
> probably cause the epoxy to crumble and mis-shape unless you had some
> sort of 'parting agent' on the shaft.
> Do some quick reading up on this--internet or West System website or
> something--to see what is used these days. We used to use paste floorwax
> for parting agent when I was doing moulding of epoxy bits 20 years ago.
> Bob
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