Broken Carburettor Throttle Link

SydneyRoverP6B

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Today quite by chance I touched the throttle link rod that links the two SU carburettors, and it crumbled :shock:

The ends that retain the ball joints are made of plastic, and with all the heat cycles over 41 years, it's time had come!
Fortunately, I did have a NOS rod, but unfortunately it was not the correct one. It had no provision for length adjustment and as it stood, was a touch too long. So for the time being, I have used a short piece of Meccano to link the rod to the carburettor. It works very well I am happy to say, so it can do the job for the time being.


The broken link rod. The NOS part came from the bag beneath, the part number being different to that shown within the parts book.


The NOS rod fitted


A piece of Meccano and a stainless steel bolt, albeit being a tad too long, work well together to keep my Rover on the go.

Ron.
 
Hi, a nice bit of improvisation. That rod I think is for the HIF44s on SD1s. If you can get
another of the rods that comes up from the throttle shaft to the carbs with the metal ends
with the retaining 'ears', you maybe able to fit them to the old longer rod.

Colin
 
Hi Colin,

Thanks very much :) I had thought for a moment about the verticle rods also, but the problem with those is that the ball is not included within the socket. So if fitted to the old throttle link rod, there is no ball on the carburettor at that point for the socket to fit onto.

Ron.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
Hi Colin,

Thanks very much :) I had thought for a moment about the verticle rods also, but the problem with those is that the ball is not included within the socket. So if fitted to the old throttle link rod, there is no ball on the carburettor at that point for the socket to fit onto.

Ron.

Hi, but you've already got the ball posts from broken rod, providing they're the right size.

Colin
 
colnerov wrote,...
Hi, but you've already got the ball posts from broken rod, providing they're the right size.

Now that is a thought, although I don't have any spare sockets.

Ron.
 
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