Little mod to my 813...

[Evildomain]

So once I got got my 813 carb I decided that I didn't want to put up


with all the dust and dirt that accumulates around the throttle shaft


and eventually wears it down. The only thing I could do is wrap it


in plastic. I did this before with the stock carb and it worked great.


The engine heat was not high enough to melt the wrap so I figured


I'd do it to the new carb and save all the damage those dirt particles


cause. It was too late for my old carb but this one should be ok...

 

[kirkhayes37]

Neat idea. Not sure, but it looks like there is a hole in your motor/fan housing. It looks like it may be blowing lots of dirt right in the direction of your carb. My carb on my MT gets a little dusty, but nothing too bad. Anyways, cool idea.

 

[Evildomain]

That's the way I got it. I drive my truck in the desert so if I don't have the body on


everything gets covered in dirt....lol


My last carb had real bad throttle shaft wear. Trying to avoid that this time around...

 

[Evildomain]

the 813 wears the shaft anyways...the pump spring pushes the ball against the housing with a bit of pressure and the brass shaft is softer than the cast alloy...i always silicon the ball hole up after it's bolted on as there's a gap that the gasket doesn't cover and dirt in there = premature wear

The wrap covers that area too..