I pulled the airbox off of the engine tonight to mount a platenut on the bypass door so I can selectively lock it down without going through the latest control cable mod. developed by Van's. In the process I disconnected the control cable. I was quite surprised that the pin had nearly worn through the front edge of the lever attached to the "flapper" plate. I loaded it up to make sure it didn't partially open when carb heat was not desired and that is probably the reason. However, I'm probably not the only one that did this and it might be a good idea to disconnect yours and look at it the next time you have the cowl off. The wear cannot be seen with the clevis pin and fork in place. I probably have less than 1/64" left before breakout after 223.3 flight hours.
Bob Axsom
Bob Axsom