Hello George,
Will check the dimensions on the reamer I used and the
diameter of the shafts. worked fine on mine maybe Moss messed up on the
shafts and sent you standard, or the reamer is the wrong size. Will let
you know later today.
Peter.
>Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 02:38:43 -0400
>To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>From: George Procyshyn <geopro@cyberdrive.net>
>Subject: Replacing S.U. Throttle Shafts
>Reply-To: George Procyshyn <geopro@cyberdrive.net>
>
>At the Sprite rush Peter Samaroo kindly helped get my Bugeye running
better.
>He pointed out that the throttle shafts on my 1" + 1/8" S.U. 's are
worn and
>wobbly.
>
>I buy a pair of oversize shafts from Moss (part # 376-015) and a
reamer to
>install them.
>Moss says the reamer will allow installation of throttle shafts twenty
>thousands larger than
>the normal 5/16th's shafts. So far so good.
>
>Now the reamer is actually a beautiful piece of steel rod that has
cutting
>threads in the center,
>the whole thing is slightly tapered and the aft end is squared to put a
>wrench on it to turn it
>thru the carb body. The fore end mic's to .3120 (just a tad under 5/16
>which is .3125) fine. the aft end is up to .3230 Now, first question,
>isn't that difference just TEN thousand's and
>not TWENTY thousand's?
>
>The throtle shafts them selfs which ARE marked as oversize aren't even
>5/16th's. They measure .2590 a bit over 1/4" (.250) actually just
under
>33/128th's .... now this is almost 1/16" SMALLER than the hole that
the
>reamer would put in the carbs. This makes me think maybe there are
bushing
>involved here. A look at the Moss catalog sure as hell shows part #
>330-490 throttle shaft bushings. . .. but nothing about "oversize"
bushings.
>
>Seems like if I ream out anything, the shafts will just slop around.
>So guys, what's the procedure here? There's gotta be some information
I'm
>missing !? Uninformed minds need to know with DETAIL .... help/please.
>GP
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