Rochester Monojet

About once or twice a year I have to take my carb completely off. The bolts that hold the bowl to the throttle body eventually come loose. These bolts thread in from the bottom (upside down) and are a pan head phillips. There is not enough clearance to tighten these when the carb is bolted to the manifold. Has anybody just replaced the bolts with hex heads or just used lock washers? I used to think this was just part of the romance of owning an early but I sure would hate to do this on the shoulder of a busy highway. I guess i'm concerned about mixing metals (possible reaction/seizing) combined with weeping gas residue and the heat of the manifold. Am I over-thinking this?

SV

If you over tighten them, you will strip thr threads. Hex head bolts will only increase the possibillity of this happening. The best way to fix the problem is to use locktight. the blue formula will keep the bolts tight, yet allow you to break them loose when needed. If your not familliar with locktight, it is a liquid that you put a dab on the threads of the bolt, and then snug it up. The locktight works like a glue to keep vibration from working the bolts loose.

Thanks Dan,
I thought of loctite and read the blue formula technical data sheet. Says it's good up to 300 degrees. Figured the manifold (1/2" away) would exceed that temperature at times. I'm gonna try it anyway, can't hurt! Red and green need local heat to break loose and I don't feel like working on a carb bomb trying to apply those kinds of temps next to the float bowl. Even if it is empty!

SV

The blue locktight should work fine, even that close to the manifold. I use it on most bolts on my harley.

Nuff said. Thanks again.

SV