Freeing throttle shaft levers

[Lin]

Hello all,
Please see the attached photo. Before I start fiddling around, I thought I better enquire about how you take these levers off the shaft. Does one drive out a pin with a punch? If so, the "pin" doesn't appear solid. Advice please.

Lin Rose
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye

 

[Dave Russell]

Hi Lin,
They are roll pins. Their internal spring tension keeps them expanded in the hole. There are roll pin punches available that have a smaller diameter pilot to fit the center & a shoulder that is slightly smaller than the pin OD. You could make a punch by grinding a piece of brass rod to size. I you're careful, a regular punch that is slightly smaller than the pin OD will usually work. Support the back side of the lever when driving the pin so that you don't bend the shaft.
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[Keoke]

Hi Dave/Skip, on some of the HD8 carbs,I believe, the pins are solid and sligtly peened over after installation.However, in any event they must be carefully drifted out,of course if you are going to reuse the shafts they can just be left alone.--Fwiw---Keoke

 

[Dave Russell]

In Lin's pic, there are definitely roll pins installed.
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[Lin]

Dave,
After removing one of these little roll pins, are they reusable or do I need to find these pins somewhere? Do you punch form what appears to be the side that has the hole in the pin - as seen in the photo - or from the side that appears solid? I take it from your comment that you punch out from the side with the hole in the pin. Sorry for the questions, but I don't want to get in the middle of this and have a problem.

Lin
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye

 

[zblu]

Lin, look carefuly at hole diameters, should only be extracted one way, if you dont damage em cant see why you cant reuse, might have to open them slightly

 

[anthony7777]

lin,i have a silly question for you,why are you taking them out in the first place? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Lin]

Anthony,
It is not a silly a silly question. I am converting my 60 BT7 from using the standard HD6 carbs to BJ8 HD8 carbs. Perhaps it is a minor thing, but I dont like the BJ8 choke cables. First, there are two and they travel across the top of the engine - just looks a little messy, particularly since I am using a throttle cable rather than the stock mechanical linkage. I don't like that bracketing on top of the intake either!

You can put the bottom of the HD6 carbs on the HD8s which has a rod connecting the rear carb (activated by the choke cable pull) to the front carb for the choking process. But to do all that you do have to do some lever shifting around.

Hope that makes sense. Tha attached image of Paul Tsukaris's car shows where I am headed.

Of course, I am always open to advice from this list. If anyone knows why I shouldn't try to do this, let me know! I just think it will produce a slightly neater engine compartment and should function just as well.

Lin
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye

 

[GregW]

Hi Lin,
The only thing I’d say is don’t use a bright blue cable like the one in the picture. It definitely draws the eye.

 

[anthony7777]

lin,gotya,didnt know you were going to do a full change over,i also built a bracket with bearing for the long linkage thats attached to the firewall and goes to that little plastic holder on top of the manifold,they brake when you dont need them to,nice job there!im thinking as grgw,as far as the "blue" cable goes,thanks and good luck on the change over,anthony7777 1963 bj7 3000 M.K. II. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

 

[Lin]

Anthony and Greg,
Don't worry - won't be using a blue cable!
Lin
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye

 

[Keoke]

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Hi Lin,
The only thing I’d say is don’t use a bright blue cable like the one in the picture. It definitely draws the eye.

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Why not its from a Volvo too.---Keoke- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif