62 FL Chop Rebuild 29
Page 29: Still Tryin'....
Lookin' at hookin' up the "Snap Throttle"....
Had to go to a fishing supply store to get some cable for this setup....
Using a ball and barrel setup at the throttle grip end...
Frayed the end of the cable, put some soldering flux on it,
pulled the ball out onto the frayed end aways....
Then filled the ball with solder, ground off the protruding end,
Yanked on it hard with a pair of pliers, all is good....
It fit nicely into the throttle grip...
Greased the cable and pulled it back into the cable housing...
Greased the handlebar where the throttle grip rides....
Adjusting the angle of the metal part of the throttle to clear the brake handle...
This will work !!!
Ooops, it hits the tank of full right hand turn of the front forks....
There was no stop on the fork lower tree, so put an allen bolt in
and adjusted it to clear the tank....
Looks good, will have to watch that and keep that
part adjusted so it doesn't ever touch the tank...
And there's still clearance for the brake lever at full lock up....
Now back to the snap throttle....
Where the cable attaches to the snap throttle, it hits the center top motor mount....
The throttle is not completely closed, will have to rework this....
View of that throttle from the right side....
Some modifications are required....
I flipped the cable anchor screw upside down on the throttle lever....
I clears just barely, will have to keep an eye on it....
But for now it is functioning just fine....
But the carb float is not closing off the fuel flow into the bowl,
it's overflowing, and I need to recheck the float setting,,,,
Pulled the carb off, not an easy task, but left the
cable connected, as I did not want to disturb that setup.....
It appears that I did not get enough offset to the left of the
jet column in this photo below, adjusted and rechecked it several times
before I was satisfied with it, maybe........
With the bowl removed, and held upside down,
I could blow gently into the fuel inlet and see if
the needle is closed. I could work the float up and down
with my finger, and check if the air flow was being turned on and off...
Then I could make adjustments to the float position,
blow into the fuel inlet to check that the float was closed,
then gently lower the bowl into position on the inverted carb,
and gently blow into the fuel inlet and check if it had stayed
closed or if the float had rubbed on the jet column and opened up....
After several adjustments I think I finally got it, but am out of fuel,
so will check it later when I get more fuel up to the shop....
More Later....
