Triumphrat

sweatmachine · 08-21-2006

I'm interested in drilling the slide out to 3mm, can someone tell me how to do it?

Do you pull the diaphragm assembly out through the top of the carb along with the slide?

thanks

sweatmachine · 08-21-2006

I didn't mean to put the frowny face on that last post...

TTBONNE · 08-21-2006

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On 2006-08-21 10:30, sweatmachine wrote:
I'm interested in drilling the slide out to 3mm, can someone tell me how to do it?

Do you pull the diaphragm assembly out through the top of the carb along with the slide?

thanks

Yep, that's it. I used a 7/64 in drill and ran it thru a couple of times. I couldn't find a 3 mm drill bit.

RoundSlide · 08-21-2006

http://www.frontiernet.net/~dmclec/slide.html

Sweatmachine, try that link up above, from a guy on BA with a handle of Triumphant.

1409 · 08-21-2006

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Do you pull the diaphragm assembly out through the top of the carb along with the slide?

Yep!

The hole is on the bottom corner of the slide, metric drill bits are hard to find a 7/64 is close to 3mm on the small side... You can also match balance the weight of the slides so they weigh the same.. To do this you can remove material from where the spring goes in on the top of the slide, using a dremel with a sanding drum.. It does not take much to get them perfect...

sweatmachine · 08-21-2006

I think I read someone write that it was a huge pain to get the diaphragms back in there, what's the trick to that? patience?

SCCTrim · 08-21-2006

For All Your Engine Needs

sweatmachine · 08-21-2006

Hey Roundslide, thanks for the link!

RoundSlide · 08-21-2006

No worries

dazco · 08-21-2006

Before you go doing this realize the in 05 they widened the slides so you don't need to. I know they did on the cruisers and the bonnies too i'm sure because i believe they use the same carbs. I'm not sure of all the details and how wide they made them on the last 2 year models or whether going higher than they are now will be detremental. But you should find out before wasting your time. I know there are people at BA that know about this so they can probably give you some of the answers.