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Couple issues since carb overhaul and valve adjustment?

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Regular RTV will be fine. Regular axle grease would be fine, a very, very light layer.
My apologies for claiming it was too lean.
 
slyone said:
I can't seem to get the shaft to move easily or at all for that matter:rolleyes: I may have to remove the plate to loosen up the carbs..tomorrow! I found the #2 carb slider binding bad. In fact, I had to gently pry it just to get it to move! Hellooooo! WTF! can't wait to get that working again:rolleyes:

I still have to make a decision on how exactly to go about sealing and reusing cam 1/2 moon plugs which I think I might try reversing them, I'm not using Hondabond, that's goin back! how bout GM silicone sealer or even plain rtv?

Also my cam cover gasket which stay attached to cover but has a pretty descent impression of mating surface-hopefully it'll be fine. I never knew of putting grease(what kind) onto gasket surface?
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SLYONE,

I just resealed the cam cover and rubber plugs on mine. I used Loctite 518 anerobic sealer only, no gasket. I works great, I have used it many times before without issue. gs450sjip
 
lol I found the lock tab for the slider shaft :o, wiped bore out & all fixed, reset my pilot fuel screws to 7/8" but a seal got torn in the process? so I'm on the backburner again until replacement arrives:(
While at the GM dealership, got a tube of regular GM engine sealant/rtv from a friend so I'll put the cam cover back on today/tonight hopefully...prolly be snowing by the time I get it all set!:twistedevil:
 
So what you are saying is the slide did not have the centering groove lined up correctly?
 
no, no, I had applied a very thin coat of vasoline to slider/bore, all were dragging, 2 being the worst. simply wipe bore with cleaner-problem solved! yea!
 
An old drag-racer trick I used on carburetor float bowl gaskets was to apply a thin layer of Chap-Stick to one side of the gasket. It will stick to one side and pull away easily without tearing. I just looked in my toolbox and saw that I still have a couple of tubes.

It works well on motorcycle carbs, too...
 
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