Qjet Question

[Robert Simpson]

Originally Posted by Vic Santos

Had this problem approx. 30 years ago. What happens is that when you shut the secondary throttle at high vacuum the pressure across the throttle blades holds them in place when you try to open them again especially if the bores are a little oxidized and the actuating lever is NOT PINNED TO THE SHAFT. The fix is to pin the throttle shaft to the actuating lever; do not rely on the torsion spring to open the throttle. A $.10 rollpin is most common fix.

Vic, I believe you are correct. When I pulled the carb off and started to play with it I discovered the spring holding the shaft. Even in the wide open position you could manually close the secondary on the baseplate. So I put a roll pin in it. I will see if this helps it this weekend. Everyone has given me some good advice and I appreciate it. I dial honest so I have not had this problem occur. It has just been recent when a couple of times I caught them real early and I just wanted to scrub a little. We will see thank you all.