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> $&%&*% carb linkage, does it ever stop needing?
tat2dphreak
post Apr 13 2010, 09:20 AM
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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?

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tat2dphreak   $&%&*% carb linkage   Apr 13 2010, 09:20 AM
realred914   ok, so I'm driving home last night 80 degrees...   Apr 13 2010, 09:23 AM
Grelber   I've never had a bit of trouble with my hex ba...   Apr 13 2010, 09:33 AM
tat2dphreak   ok, it's a brand new CB perf. linkage... proba...   Apr 13 2010, 09:41 AM
DBCooper   Nah, just fix it and you're done. People comp...   Apr 13 2010, 10:07 AM
yeahmag   You need to give the set screws a good "omph...   Apr 13 2010, 10:11 AM
Vacca Rabite   Use nylock nuts on the turnbuckles. I had the sam...   Apr 13 2010, 10:12 AM
Root_Werks   Everything on your linkage should be double nutted...   Apr 13 2010, 10:15 AM
tat2dphreak   happen to remember the size of nylock? I know it w...   Apr 13 2010, 10:15 AM
yeahmag   I thought the arm that uses an allen head set scre...   Apr 13 2010, 10:16 AM
tat2dphreak   no. the arm piece that actuates the throttle slid ...   Apr 13 2010, 10:20 AM
yeahmag   Is this a CB Performance piece? All the CB's I...   Apr 13 2010, 10:22 AM
tat2dphreak   yep CB perf. I bought it last year. it came with ...   Apr 13 2010, 10:24 AM
Jake Raby   It is what you make of it.. Either you can get i...   Apr 13 2010, 10:30 AM
yeahmag   Odd... So it doesn't look like this anymore? ...   Apr 13 2010, 10:32 AM
Root_Werks   Not sure if it helps, but the linkage on my carbs ...   Apr 13 2010, 10:38 AM
bandjoey   OT but applies: Hurry up Jake and get the new lin...   Apr 13 2010, 10:53 AM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   I feel your pain having to deal with the heartbrea...   Apr 13 2010, 11:01 AM
yeahmag   It just takes time. I've been setting up the C...   Apr 13 2010, 11:03 AM
yeahmag   ...and an LM-1 permanently mounted doesn't hur...   Apr 13 2010, 11:04 AM
neil30076   ...and an LM-1 permanently mounted doesn't hu...   Apr 14 2010, 10:46 PM
tat2dphreak   :agree: I was thinking the same thing last nigh...   Apr 13 2010, 11:05 AM
yeahmag   Shoot some pictures of your linkage: overall, left...   Apr 13 2010, 11:08 AM
Root_Werks   Don't know who makes this style, but I do like...   Apr 13 2010, 11:10 AM
flipb   Here's my solution. http://www.914world.com/b...   Apr 13 2010, 11:19 AM
SUNAB914   FI, Blah, blah, blah   Apr 13 2010, 11:21 AM
McMark   Don't waste your money on a VDO CHT setup. Re...   Apr 13 2010, 12:05 PM
tat2dphreak   Don't waste your money on a VDO CHT setup. R...   Apr 13 2010, 12:20 PM
yeahmag   I use one too... Love it.   Apr 13 2010, 12:20 PM
Vacca Rabite   :agree: I have one in my 914. Mike saw it and lik...   Apr 13 2010, 07:12 PM
FourBlades   You probably know this, but just in case: your eng...   Apr 13 2010, 07:53 PM
tat2dphreak   no, I did not know the expansion was that great. I...   Apr 13 2010, 08:04 PM
FourBlades   Nothing wrong with a few :beer2: :beer2: :beer2...   Apr 13 2010, 08:21 PM
Mark Henry   If your engine expanded 1/2" that would be .2...   Apr 13 2010, 08:39 PM
Chris Hamilton   If you cant keep the arms from slipping put a coup...   Apr 13 2010, 08:53 PM
Vacca Rabite   mark is right. The engine expands when warms, but...   Apr 14 2010, 06:15 AM
Jake Raby   I've found that TIV engines expand roughly 1/8...   Apr 14 2010, 08:34 AM
Philip W.   chris- I know you really hate the FI ?!?!?...   Apr 14 2010, 08:52 AM
Chris Hamilton   chris- I know you really hate the FI ?!?...   Apr 14 2010, 06:44 PM
biosurfer1   I've had some second thoughts about bringing...   Apr 14 2010, 09:14 AM
Jake Raby   I've had some second thoughts about bringin...   Apr 14 2010, 10:03 AM
bandjoey   If it's that good, shoot a quick DVD of the in...   Apr 14 2010, 11:28 AM
Jake Raby   If it's that good, shoot a quick DVD of the i...   Apr 14 2010, 08:22 PM
DBCooper   Look, spend a few minutes with it and figure the C...   Apr 14 2010, 12:11 PM
biosurfer1   I have spent HOURS with the hex linkage. I know ex...   Apr 14 2010, 12:35 PM
McMark   It works just fine. As in just barely. :P   Apr 14 2010, 01:32 PM
tat2dphreak   kinda the way I feel too... when it's working...   Apr 14 2010, 01:35 PM
DBCooper   I've dated women that were less needy. :lo...   Apr 14 2010, 03:11 PM
Mark Henry   I'd tool up and make a HQ center pull linkage,...   Apr 14 2010, 07:04 PM
Dr Evil   I'd tool up and make a HQ center pull linkage...   Apr 14 2010, 09:28 PM
tat2dphreak   got down to the real root of the issue... the trea...   Apr 14 2010, 08:54 PM
tat2dphreak   got down to the real root of the issue... the tre...   Apr 19 2010, 10:27 AM
McMark   Glad you found something wrong. It's nice to ...   Apr 14 2010, 09:15 PM
McMark   Check out this classic thread.   Apr 14 2010, 09:46 PM
tat2dphreak   Check out this classic thread. I remember that...   Apr 15 2010, 08:44 AM
Mark Henry   the other issues up til now I really think were ...   Apr 15 2010, 10:55 AM
tod914   That's $13 Canadian Mike.   Apr 14 2010, 09:52 PM
Mark Henry   That's $13 Canadian Mike. Yep so that ...   Apr 15 2010, 10:51 AM
tat2dphreak   well, that plus the 20+ years since these were ma...   Apr 15 2010, 11:23 AM
Mark Henry   well, that plus the 20+ years since these were m...   Apr 15 2010, 11:36 AM


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