Subject: RE: An oddity
Author: Rich Zink
Date: Apr 19, 2001, 8:51 AM
Post ID: 1706380849
Bob, You should have two gaskets between the head and the manifold
anyway. That's the way they came.
Rich
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From: Robert Hawkes [SMTP:haw-@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:43 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: An oddity
Peter,
This is interesting. It just so happens that the starboard carb is
leaning
toward the engine. It has to on account of the bowl touches the
engine
case. The intake tube is not long enough or is not angled correctly
to push
the carb back away from the head so that the bowl should not touch
the
engine case. I did not say this either in my GREMLIN WANTED email
(it seems
I have done so much to this bike that I can't remember it all!!) but
I
installed an extra carb gasket between the carb tube and the head so
now
there are two thicknesses of gasket there to try to back that carb
up a bit.
It did not work very well. Also, the old round slide carb did not
touch the
engine case. I will keep this theory in mind though as I have heard
it
before and didn't think of it until you made mentioned of it. I will
try the
aluminium foil trick. Best, Bob Hawkes