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Author: | dpstark2 [ Mon May 18, 2015 6:58 am ] |
Post subject: | It works! Mostly... |
Here's a pic of the shortened arm and pivot, with bronze bushing and screw collar. ![]() I was able to make a new arm for the choke coil and connect it to the same arm as the front carb. ![]() The long rod to the carb was set up to have the same angle as if the choke coil was installed in a stock configuration, but the rod from the choke coil ended up being a bit lower than it should be. The setup can get stuck and flip around to the top side of the slot in the coil. A slightly longer rod would keep this from happening so I may do that next time. The whole setup: ![]() And it works. The only issue is how to secure the 3 rods to the arms on the torque shaft. The bar I used is too thick for the standard choke rod clips- those one with two little clips and two holes to capture the rod and attachment point. Since I changed the side the rod attaches from at the carb to avoid interference issues, those clips don't work there either. So I used some brass wire to hold it all together. That worked fine, but eventually it bent a bit and came loose, or bound up and the whole setup stopped working. I'm most of the way there, and it was a good project. Full size pics are at the album link above. |
Author: | SlantSixDan [ Mon May 18, 2015 9:51 am ] |
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Nice work! |
Author: | GTS225 [ Mon May 18, 2015 4:12 pm ] |
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dpstark; Go to your local hobby store, (if there is one), and look for some set-screw type locking collars. They're usually in with the R/C airplane landing gear hardware. Small sizes that just might be exactly what you need to retain those rods on the torque rod linkage. Roger |
Author: | Reed [ Mon May 18, 2015 4:34 pm ] |
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Very nice work. Congratulations! |
Author: | dpstark2 [ Tue May 19, 2015 7:10 am ] |
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Good call- hadn't thought of a hobby store. I found some 1/8" collars online, but they look pretty heavy and the whole deal is carefully balanced right now. The choke doesn't have a lot of force behind it. There's a long weekend coming, so hopefully I can find time to finish it up and then spend more time driving it! |
Author: | dpstark2 [ Mon May 25, 2015 6:57 am ] |
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I ended up using some 1/8" push nuts in order to secure the rods. ![]() The whole setup seems to be working really well. I got the tension set well enough to pull off the choke at a reasonable rate. Hopefully it stands the test of time. |
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