throttle linkage

[mot1982]

i have been having trouble sence i put on a carter w1 with the truck idle down.. the linkage sticks part open making a fast idle.. stomp and realease the throttle and it goes down to the stop and is fine (although embarssing). I assumed it was a worn throttle shaft in carb.. so rebuilt a different carb to replace it.

well when changing the carbs. i discovered it is not the carb.. actually seems to be at bottom of linkage travel.. looking at a rochetor b carb next to the w1 the closed position of throttle valve is about 1/4" higher than the w1, from the bottom flange...

so are there diferent bakeolite spacer thicknesses? if i could move carb up even1/8" i think the problem would go away.. or i could put two gasket on.

could bend the vertical throttle rod.. but dont realy want to do that..

anyone run across this?

 

[Blueflame236]

Adjusting the rods might help!

Are you shore you have the right lenght idling rods installed to the carb? If so is it posseble to adjust it a bit so it gets shorter ? Do not bend anything it will make it even worser. 2 gaskets migt possable help a bit but i would advice you not to use 2 bakeolite spacers. Yes the 216 and the 235 have different thickness bakeolite spacers , not much but there is a difference !

Hope this is of some help.

 

[Larrys 48]

I had to fabricate my linkage rod from scratch. I picked up a length of 3/16" round aluminum rod at the FLAPS and once I had what I wanted I made a duplicate out of steel rod.