[Healeys] BN2 Throttles

[John Harper]

Bob

In addition to some of the suggestions already made you could have 
problems with the bell crank bearing. This as you know fits over a shaft 
that screws into the exhaust manifold and gets very hot. This should 
never be oiled because if you do the oil will congeal and will not run 
freely. Sometimes it will only stick when hot. The cure is simply to 
clean it and wash all the old crud out of the pores in the bell crank 
bearing and let it run loose and dry.

regards

>
>Our BN2 runs well, but we have a small problem with the carbs.  We 
>can't get the throttles to close to the stops consistently; i.e. when 
>we let off the accelerator pedal the throttles don't (usually) come all 
>the way back to idle position.   They usually stop about 100 RPM higher 
>than they are adjusted to run at idle.  If I press down on the shaft 
>levers they move slightly and run at the desired idle speed.
>
>We went through the carbs, cleaned them well and installed new jets, 
>needles, gaskets, etc.  The shafts turn freely, and there's nothing in 
>the throttle bores getting in the way.  We've tried 'torquing' the 
>coaxial springs to get more tension, and there's no difference with the 
>linkage attached or not--something is preventing the throttle plates 
>from closing to the desired stop point.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>TIA,
>Bob
>

-- 
John Harper