flickroll
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I replaced the old style, long lever, Van's throttle quadrant with the new low profile style (throttle, prop, mixture). Although I bought it from Spruce, I believe it to be the same as the one Van's sells. First, the pre-drilled holes in the control arms are a little oversized. The clevis pins are slightly loose in the holes. Is anyone oversizing these holes with a drill and then using a bushing to tighten it up? I guess I could offset and redrill the holes but would rather not do that. The holes in the old style levers were slightly smaller and the clevis pins fit tight.
Second, with the mixture control lever, I am not getting full travel on the carb mixture arm. There is a space of about 1/16" between the carb control arm and the carb idle cut off stop when the mixture lever is full aft, and about 1/16" between the carb control arm and the carb full rich stop when the mixture lever is full forward. Looks like I need to drill a new hole farther out on the arm for a little more travel. Is this a typical problem with this throttle quadrant?
Thanks
Second, with the mixture control lever, I am not getting full travel on the carb mixture arm. There is a space of about 1/16" between the carb control arm and the carb idle cut off stop when the mixture lever is full aft, and about 1/16" between the carb control arm and the carb full rich stop when the mixture lever is full forward. Looks like I need to drill a new hole farther out on the arm for a little more travel. Is this a typical problem with this throttle quadrant?
Thanks