four-oh-four wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:01:07 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:


Oh, come on. If the manufacturer did really "tighten" the bolts, then they
would have had to "slip" an entire thread on every pitch. Fixed threads
don't "slip" if they are worn, they jump threads. If the carb body was this
worn, the "tightening" would have completely stripped every pitch and they
wouldn't have been able to torque the bolts down.

BTW, a screw has a slot, a cross, or a keyway. A bolt has a hex head.

Me? I use the hex bolts but I replace them with drilled head bolts and use
both the bendmeup tabs and safety wire as well. There is nothing in the
manual that says you can't ADD safety, you just can't do less.

Jim


If the threads didn't slip, then they were never torqued correctly.
And the bolts were the type that had hex heads, and also a phillips
slot for a screw driver. Not sure how to label those. And who receives
a new carb from the manufacturer and disconnects all saftey wire/tabs
to check for tightness of all screws/bolts? virtually no one you
idiot! To suggest such a procedure is ridiculous. But there are always
those who will defend the manufacturer and blame the pilot/mechanic
regardless. You seem to fit nicely into that catagory. I'm the one who
flew the plane home with a leaking, brand new carb, not you mister
know-it-all.


Oh my golly...

Jim tried to give you some good advice.

I guess I must be an idiot too, because I have no problem opening up a
new carb for inspection.

Mister Know-It-All, huh?
I guess that could fit a whole bunch of us who know how to care for a
flying machine.

But, oh no, not you.
You don't know squat.
And to suggest otherwise is ridiculous.

Here he is, gents.
This is the guy that makes everybody look bad.

Sloppy workmanship.
Dangerous pilot.
Arrogant mouth.
Won't take instruction and can't take criticism.

404 - Document not found...
Seems appropriate to me.


Very Sincerely,

Richard Lamb