Choke Slide

[audijunky]

Well I am pulling apart my carbs and while in this process I go to remove the choke slide from Carb#1 and it doesnt budge. I end up having to pry it out with a pair of needle nose and a screwdriver after soaking it in oil. So I get it out and it slides into #2 carb just fine. Carb #2's slide wont go completely into carb. #1 either. So Niether carb#1 slide or Carb #2's will slide fully into carb#1. I dont know what happened. I thought I had bent the slide for #1 but it fit just fine into #2 carb. Basically I am thinking there is something wrong with Carb#1's hole the slide goes in. I visually compared the holes of carb#1 and carb#2 and noticed no difference. In carb#1 both slides go into the carb easily until about the last half inch. It feels and looks like it is the narrow tip at the end of the slide getting hung up on the small hole at the end of the inside of the hole the slide goes into to. (damn I wish I knew what this Sh-t was called) Any Ideas. Can the Carb itself be bent? The Hole the Slide goes in is part of the carb body. Any body got an Idea?

[skids]

Maybe there is a burr in the bore or something?? If it is not a particle, but is indeed a burr, you might try either fine carburundum paste (grinding compound) on just the right side diameter dowel or stick, and polish it out...

[audijunky]

Thanks Skids

[dragxs11]

Can't remember for sure, But I think there are balls in the housings. I don't have one in front of me to look at. If they are there, they stop the slides from going too far. Thats about all the info I can give you w/out refreshing my memory. Hope it helps.
Matt

[Ken Talbot]

If we're talking about the choke plunger, for want of a better term, and not the carb actuating rod that pulls all 4 chokes at once, here's a long shot. Is there any chance you're tried to pout the spring in before the plunger? The plunger goes in first, the spring goes over the outer end of the plunger, then the gland nut goes on last. If that's not, I'm baffled. I really can't see any way the carb body could get bent enough to prevent reasssembly. If the long tip was bent, that would be pretty obvious to the naked eye. I even confirmed with my spares that the plungers from an early carb and a late model carb will interchange.

[prometheus578]

"Taking the plunge."

I encountered the same problem with one of my plungers. Unfortunetely, I never remedied the problem, just went on to a different project.
Not much help... I know, but at least you don't feel so lonely now.
You may be right about the hole at the end, or there could be some corrosion on the walls. I recall lightly sanding the plunger and it worked a little better, but not to my satisfaction.

[audijunky]

Well I Fixed the problem. It ended up being just a bunch of corrosin. It appears that where the choke plunger sat in the shaft for some ten odd years that it had left some sort of deposit inside of it. I hooked a brass gun barrel brush to a drill and removed all the crude. Works fine now. Just waiting for the replacement choke slide now since I broke the connecting nipple of the original. I figured it out when I realized another one was stuck and I was unable to pull it out by hand . I had to pinch the connecting nipple with the cutting part of a pair of needle nose and pry it out. I stuck a flat head under the tips of the needle nose for leverage. Be sure not to squeeze to hard on the pliers or you'll cut the nipple off! I didn't do that on the first one but I did bend it and when I went to bend it back it broke off. So I hope my experience will help a fellow XSive out there. Thanks for all the replies.