> Hi Paul-
>
> Got the entire intake side mounted today -- look *great*.
>
> Problem:  The slide throttle doesn't slide when the bolts are
torqued
> down.  This is the same behavior I saw when we first got the slide
> throttle from you; it wouldn't slide then either until I loosened
the
> bolts holding it together.  My hypothesis is that the Teflon insert
is
> a
> bit too thick for the spacer.  I suppose I could try to take some
> thickness off the Teflon. Or, I could fab a gasket of some type to
> increase the thickness of the spacer.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mark
>
> Did you put the gaskets in there? I sent some proper gasket
> material. You may have thought it was packing material.
> They needed to be cut out of the enclosed material.
> One on each side of the spacer.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> This is the stuff I sent Mark.
> 1/64" thick is .016 thick which should be plenty to space
> the plates out far enough for the Teflon to slide.
> http://www.mcmaster.com/
>
> Search McMaster by the part number  9556K61 as there are a bunch
> of gasketing materials.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Paul,
The image you sent with this message is corrupt on my end.

Russell Kent

Looked OK when I got it back. I also just loaded it into
xpaint and xv and both worked fine. It was a screen capture
so it was truncated at the bottom. Here it is again.

Paul Lamar

No attachment with this message.

Russell Kent

Ops your right. I forgot to attach it again.


Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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