$&%&*% 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?

[bandjoey]

If it's that good, shoot a quick DVD of the install, and include that and then sell the linkage with a No Support clause in the legal paper we have to sign before shipping. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

If this isn't going to happen Jake, what's the alternative to hex bar that works and is easy for us nubes to adjust? Thanks for the help and info. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Jake Raby]

If it's that good, shoot a quick DVD of the install, and include that and then sell the linkage with a No Support clause in the legal paper we have to sign before shipping. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

If it were only that easy....

Guess what happens when something is sold with a lack of support or disclaimers?? The support is still required, BUT the purchaser is forced to ask other people that generally know less than he does and then things are really fucked up. Its impossible to sell components that defy convention without support, otherwise the questions end up here and then the whining begins and I am forced to go tell someone to insert another tampon, take a Midol and figure the damn thing out themselves.. Then a pissing match begins because a couple of people had an issue and it didn't work PERFECTLY out of the box.

When something is expensive and well refined it is expected to work better than anything else, but something like this component system is heavily dependent upon installation and initial synchronization. I'd much rather not sale something as to have issues with something that is sold, luckily the money aspect of what makes this place tick isn't my primary concern.

If this isn't going to happen Jake, what's the alternative to hex bar that works and is easy for us nubes to adjust? Thanks for the help and info. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Nothing is easy. Don't fool yourself into thinking it will be, common sense is the biggest requirement.