Are your screws loose?

My wife has always told me I had a screw (or two) loose.

1/4-20 Allen set-screws. Use red loctite, and two screws on each carb arm and the center pull.

I put countersinks in the hexbar for the set-screws to bite into. I guess if that doesn't work for you, Jim, you could just drill all the way through and bolt it.

Funny story (not really) but I had a similar issue right after I bought the car. I didn't know that (with the Spyders at least) that the stacked carbs over manifolds can make the linkage loose.

After a run, about a mile from my house.... the car sputtered, rev'd high and then not at all, then puttered out. This was before I was carrying tools with me so when I saw that the stack was loose and the linkage wasn't working, I had to McGyver it together with one of my wife's hair rubber bands.

We got home with that and then I was able to tighten everything down. On my yearly checks, I absolutely make sure that it's tight.

" Mc Gyver "  A group of us were heading home from a N.J. Balloon Fest Air Show at night , one of the speedsters rolled to the side of the road.....broken accelerator cable.  I gathered shoe laces from a few others there...tying them together and pulling on the shoe laces for throttle was a bit of a jerky ride but got the job done.

And as a bonus, no one hurt themselves in their cell that night.

@DannyP posted:

I put countersinks in the hexbar for the set-screws to bite into. I guess if that doesn't work for you, Jim, you could just drill all the way through and bolt it.

I got mine fixed. Just a heads up to others who might have a similar problem.