"four-oh-four" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:01:07 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

Oh, come on. If the manufacturer did really "tighten" the bolts, then
they
would have had to "slip" an entire thread on every pitch. Fixed threads
don't "slip" if they are worn, they jump threads. If the carb body was
this
worn, the "tightening" would have completely stripped every pitch and they
wouldn't have been able to torque the bolts down.

BTW, a screw has a slot, a cross, or a keyway. A bolt has a hex head.

Me? I use the hex bolts but I replace them with drilled head bolts and
use
both the bendmeup tabs and safety wire as well. There is nothing in the
manual that says you can't ADD safety, you just can't do less.

Jim

If the threads didn't slip, then they were never torqued correctly.
And the bolts were the type that had hex heads, and also a phillips
slot for a screw driver. Not sure how to label those. And who receives
a new carb from the manufacturer and disconnects all saftey wire/tabs
to check for tightness of all screws/bolts? virtually no one you
idiot! To suggest such a procedure is ridiculous. But there are always
those who will defend the manufacturer and blame the pilot/mechanic
regardless. You seem to fit nicely into that catagory. I'm the one who
flew the plane home with a leaking, brand new carb, not you mister
know-it-all.

You don't need to disconnect the safety devices to check for tightness.
First, you wiggle the bowl. If it wiggles or twists, the bolts are loose.
Then, you put a screwdriver on the screws. If they wiggle back and forth
against the safety tab (or if they have any in/out slop indicating a jumped
thread), *then* you remove the safety tab and figure out why the screws are
loose.

Alternately, you could skip all those steps and save enough time to make a
handful of obnoxious posts on usenet.

KB