Stripped Hole for Screw Holding Carb Top
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:23 pm
Just call me Job.
Since my right carb's fuel inlet nipple had pulled out of the carb, I knurled it, superglued it, and reinstalled it, and safety wired the lightly clamped clamp to one of the carb-top screws. It seemed to go fine, except that I didn't get the tube as far in as it was before; the tube sticks 29/32" out of the carb while the one on a spare carb I have sticks out 24/32" but how much can this possibly matter? (Right, probably a lot. Everything matters.)
Thinking it'd be inconsistent to clamp/safety wire one side and not the other, I went to work on the left carb. And FML if the carb screw I was using for the safety wire--the inboard, furthest forward one--didn't strip out its hole as I was quite politely tightening it. So now that screw just sits in its spot, holding nothing together. (I safety wired the clamp to a different screw.)
I knew I should've left well enough alone.
Advice please.
Since my right carb's fuel inlet nipple had pulled out of the carb, I knurled it, superglued it, and reinstalled it, and safety wired the lightly clamped clamp to one of the carb-top screws. It seemed to go fine, except that I didn't get the tube as far in as it was before; the tube sticks 29/32" out of the carb while the one on a spare carb I have sticks out 24/32" but how much can this possibly matter? (Right, probably a lot. Everything matters.)
Thinking it'd be inconsistent to clamp/safety wire one side and not the other, I went to work on the left carb. And FML if the carb screw I was using for the safety wire--the inboard, furthest forward one--didn't strip out its hole as I was quite politely tightening it. So now that screw just sits in its spot, holding nothing together. (I safety wired the clamp to a different screw.)
I knew I should've left well enough alone.
Advice please.