$&%&*% carb linkage, does it ever stop needing? Options

[tat2dphreak]

ok, so I'm driving home last night 80 degrees, breezy... beautiful day, car is running GREAT!

clicking along at 65, everything is great... I go to make the second to last turn to get home( maybe 1 mile from home) and when I hit the clutch, the motor stays humming at 3500 rpms... like the throttle is stuck... there's no place to pull over at this point(ditch on one side of the road, and the other is a concrete barrier where they are doing construction... so the last mile, I cruise it as easily as possible home, using 3rd gear to keep it from accelerating too fast... my oil temps stayed below 185(my CHT still doesn't work, I think I flat got a bad gauge from VDO, I am going to break down and buy another whole gauge kit.

once home I pop the engine lid, one side of the linkage bar had slipped down the hex bar, basically holding one carb open a little, which was the throttle problem.

I tighten everything back up, re-set the springs(one had slipped out of the spring hole on the throttle shaft) re-sync, everything seems ok again...

my question is this... should plan on this being the norm? hat I need to check and tweak the linkage every couple of weeks? also, since I was basically running very out of sync for a mile or so, should there be anything I need to check? any potential damage to watch for?

[tat2dphreak]

OT but applies: Hurry up Jake and get the new linkage perfected.

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I was thinking the same thing last night, in between cussing at trying to work on a hot engine because of yet another linkage issue...

this isn't the first linkage issue... the first day I drove the car home after installing the new engine(and linkage) the throttle ear broke (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) then it had been idling high until 2 weeks ago, when Wes and I finally figured out that tie angle of the springs was not letting my wron carbs close all the way, we used stronger springs, and changed the angle, and all was well for a few weeks, until this...

at this point if I knew (another) new linkage would really fix it(I.E. Jake's linkage) I'd pony up the $ ASAP.

my worry is hurting something else, of course after everything else that has gone on... I mean when one carb is running at part throttle and the other is closed, it CAN'T be good... essentially running WAY out of sync. I'm just glad I only had to go a little ways with the issue....

I had the tools in my car, but there was no where to pull off in that last little bit...