posted
After removing the screw that holds the carb in, what is the best way to get the locking peg out?
Posts: 11 | From: California | Registered: Feb 2006
| IP: Logged
posted
Put the screw back in place then turn only 1 turn, then take a plastic hammer or something equivalent and hit the screw and the peg should come out. Once this is done you should be able to turn the carburetor.
posted
Here is the way we remove these carbs on the TM323 series engines (the two halves of the pinch bolt tend to stick inside the crankcase even when the hex screw is removed):
1). Loosen the hex screw so that it almost completely out of the back half of the pinch bolt (leave a few threads engaged)...this is the half toward the back of the engine that has threads in it. 2). Leaving the allen wrench inside the hex screw, carefully tap lightly on the end of the allen wrench with a small pliers or similar...this will free the back half of the pinch bolt from the crankcase. 3). Unscrew the hex screw the rest of the way out of the rear half of the pinch bolt, and then remove the rear half with your fingers or a small pliers. 4). Carefully insert a small dowel pin (we use wood, plastic ok) from the rear of the carb (through the hole just created by removing the back half of the pinch bolt), and then tap this carefully to free the front half of the pinch bolt from the carb and crankcase. 5). Carefully rotate the carb slightly (no more than 10-20 degrees of rotation) to free up while pulling out as you are doing this...it should clear without problem.
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
