On 5/25/2011 9:22 AM, jamesgangnc wrote:
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I've bushed other things myself. Usually you can find a sleeve that
fits the item or can be drilled out to fit the item. Then just drill
the body to fit the sleeve. On a carb I'd also wonder if you could
peen the body such that the hole was smaller again and then clean it
up to fit the shaft with a file. Another possibility would be cutting
a groove in the shaft and fitting an o-ring. Or attaching a thick
washer to the outside that matches the shaft.
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The principle is simple, agreed....

The issue I've had was that the toolset at hand is much more adapted to
stuff of the much heavier persuasion than a little single-cylinder carb
bowl since most work is farm equipment size. I wasn't set to try to
accurately align the carb for drilling out the bowl sides and keep
alignment to avoid potential for throttle to then bind if not quite true.

I kinda' like the idea of the exterior patch idea, that has some
possibilities. The one I last replaced was so far hogged out there
would be no hope of peening sufficient material to fill the gap, if I
could have kept it in there there was actually enough space I got a
chunk of shimstock around the shaft at one point--it help briefly, but
vibrated out after a couple uses.

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