Subject: Carburetor Return Spring ???
Author: BOB COLLETT
Date: May 12, 2005, 4:03 AM
Post ID: 1718852915
Throttle is a bear to twist, relatively speaking on my Eldo. I have the
type with dual cables all the way down to the Amals. The cables are new
and I have smeared litium grease all inside the throttle area. My
thought is the return springs are stiffer than needed. When I broke a
throttle cable last year, twisting the throttle all of a sudden was a
piece of cake, only one carb spring moving. When reassembling the carbs
after rebuild, there seems to be a lot of spring in the top of the carb.
Pros or cons to cutting off a round or two or three from the return
spring? As you rotate the throttle you can feel the resistance build up
rapidly, really puts a major strain on the wrist, I also have the police
style bars.
Thanks for any and all comments.
BOB