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I am working on the installation a recently acquired heat shield that is now causing me new problems.
The heat shield interferes with the movement of the long horizontal rod, I put the spacer/insulator between the carb manifold in order to bring it out far enough to allow the bell crank lever to fit into the gap (forward end) of the heat shield. On the back side of the HS the horizontal rod rubs against the HS when fully pushed to the floor. The Horizontal rod has two threaded connectors, one is a thinner 3/8 nut on one end and a “stockier” 11/32 nut on the other side, is that weird? I put the thinner end to the rear, attached to the Accelerator lever, in order to try to make things fit better, which it does, but it is still not correctly functioning during operation.
Has anyone else had to modify the heat shield to make it fit correctly? I read some old posts which eluded to doing a modification and there was a lot of discussion on the order of installing the gaskets and insulator but was not sure if anyone did a modification and what was done, maybe just a notch taken off the HS?. I followed Randal’s advice; i.e. setting the lever on the front carb so it makes about a 45-degree angle with the first rod, with the throttle closed, set the short rod so the bell crank is at 45 degrees etc. The movement of the whole assembly, at ¾ to full throttle, there’s interference with the HS during operation. Before I start cutting on the HS I thought I’d see what others have done to correct the problem. Should I cut out a notch? Or sell the HS????
The heat shield interferes with the movement of the long horizontal rod, I put the spacer/insulator between the carb manifold in order to bring it out far enough to allow the bell crank lever to fit into the gap (forward end) of the heat shield. On the back side of the HS the horizontal rod rubs against the HS when fully pushed to the floor. The Horizontal rod has two threaded connectors, one is a thinner 3/8 nut on one end and a “stockier” 11/32 nut on the other side, is that weird? I put the thinner end to the rear, attached to the Accelerator lever, in order to try to make things fit better, which it does, but it is still not correctly functioning during operation.
Has anyone else had to modify the heat shield to make it fit correctly? I read some old posts which eluded to doing a modification and there was a lot of discussion on the order of installing the gaskets and insulator but was not sure if anyone did a modification and what was done, maybe just a notch taken off the HS?. I followed Randal’s advice; i.e. setting the lever on the front carb so it makes about a 45-degree angle with the first rod, with the throttle closed, set the short rod so the bell crank is at 45 degrees etc. The movement of the whole assembly, at ¾ to full throttle, there’s interference with the HS during operation. Before I start cutting on the HS I thought I’d see what others have done to correct the problem. Should I cut out a notch? Or sell the HS????
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