At 12:26 PM 5/27/01 -0500, Spitfire 1500 wrote:
>This problem plagued me last year.
>
>The nut that holds the throttle body together on the carb came loose last
>year. I tried putting on what I thought was a secure nut, but it fell off as
>I was driving it.
>
>Right now, I found what I think is a suitable nut + spring washer(on tight
>so the spring washer's a bit compressed) to hold it all together, but what's
>the right part? The right nut size/type? I feel if I hit the pedal and such
>over and over again, that nut's going to come loose yet again. With the way
>the throttle 'bolt' is made, there doesn't seem to be much threading on it.
>In fact, I know of one or two nuts I tried just slip on, but slip right off.
Have you tried Loctite? It almost sounds as if the threads on your shaft
are stripped. I'd try a new nut either nylock or regular with loctite.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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