Carb screws

[dntemp_ca]

Goodbye phillips, hello hex sockets! This beats pounding on our delicate carbs with an impact driver to loosen up a worn and pesky stuck phillips!

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[b.walker5]

I hear you on that one, I done that mod a little while back. Had to cut the top screws down as the hardware store didnt have any short enough. Didnt do the cross brace, might look at that later.

[natemoen]

Thats going to happen this winter on mine, probably even do it on the float bowls

[MindWebs]

if anybody want to, you can order them through here:
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...lpartial&Nty=1

i love stainless steel.

later
Webs

[TADracer]

I changed out the cross brace screws for stainless hex screws awhile back. Here is a tip you should do, if you have not already. Put some locktite on the cross brace hex screws. These can loosen and fall out from motor vibration.

[LuckyEddie]

Carb Screws

The thing that I discovered is that the screws are NOT standard phillips. They are "JIP", as in Japanese Industrial Phillips. Do an internet search, get the right tool for the job. You will be amazed in the difference.

[fredintoon]

The thing that I discovered is that the screws are NOT standard phillips. They are "JIP", as in Japanese Industrial Phillips. Do an internet search, get the right tool for the job. You will be amazed in the difference.

Hi Eddie,
if several dreaded POs had known this perhaps my carb screws would not have been cratered out to the extent that half of them had to have a screwdriver slot Dremeled into them in order to remove them.
But I'd have binned those effin' things in favour of Allen headed screws anyway.
Crosspoint screws were originally designed for assembling heating ducts and similar sheet metal parts where their automatic "cam-out" feature is an advantage.
Using ANY style of crosspoint screw on something that needs to be taken apart again is a sign that the bean counters are dominating the design department.

[natemoen]

Hi Eddie,
if several dreaded POs had known this perhaps my carb screws would not have been cratered out to the extent that half of them had to have a screwdriver slot Dremeled into them in order to remove them.
But I'd have binned those effin' things in favour of Allen headed screws anyway.
Crosspoint screws were originally designed for assembling heating ducts and similar sheet metal parts where their automatic "cam-out" feature is an advantage.
Using ANY style of crosspoint screw on something that needs to be taken apart again is a sign that the bean counters are dominating the design department.

Those effin' bean counters, I just hate them. (no offense if anyone here is one )