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Burning Brakes
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You can attach the spring in one of two ways: You can attach it to the top of the throttle lever and have it pull forward, or you can attach it to the bottom of the lever and have it pull back. Most factory setups use the latter. However, when both the spring and the throttle cable are exerting force on the throttle shaft in the same direction (back), you tend to wear the throttle shaft bushing from this constant rearward pull on the lever and shaft. If you're not concerned about a correct stock setup, you can install the spring on the top pulling forward, and this force offsets, somewhat, the rearward pull of the cable. This reduces wear on the throttle shaft bushing. Also, if your throttle shaft already has some wear and the carb does not return to a constant idle speed, you can do the top-forward spring mounting to solve the problem without installing a shaft bushing.
Lars
Lars
any pics of the mopar ?
