[Healeys] What am I doing wrong? Needle/jet alingment

[Earl Kagna]

Mike - jet centering is a pain on these carbs even for pros.  There is a 
simple tool that most of the usual suppliers sell that makes the job easy - 
it's basically a stepped rod that  aligns the parts and keeps them aligned 
while you tighten the jet bearing nut.  Don't know why you are having this 
problem after doing it before, but the tool will solve the problem.

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Tobin
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:29 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] What am I doing wrong? Needle/jet alingment

I've done this any number of times before as part of tuning/cleaning -
loosen the lock nut , raise and drop the piston till it moves cleanly then
tighten the nut - and never had a problem.  Now as part of a rebuild i(new
jets) t's not working with two of the HS4s.  When I tighten the locking but
the  jet bearing moves and graps the needle.  I can't get the bearing to
hold still no matter how I fiddle with it.  Don't know why one worked per
usual but not the other two.
Cheers,
Mike Tobin
Pepperell, MA (above freezing all day (barely) for the fist time in days)