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After reading a bunch of the threads on the older Bendix drives I see where some springs need a shim under the smaller of the screws. Am I to assume this shim should be a thickness to hold the spring centered when the bolt is tightened? And if the end bolt needs a shim, should this shim be a...

A friend is repairing a badly worn axle and there is a monster chip out of the keyway due presumably from running with a loose axle nut. Anyway he wants to weld the chip back in and I think the heat would badly weaken the heat treatment. I suggested he just JBWeld the chip back in place and make...

I have recently come into possession of an aluminum (or pot metal) carb that looks very much like a Tillotson but the float bowl is more squared on the corners and it is held together with 4 screws as opposed to 3 on the Tilly. It has all the control placement just like a Zenith or Tilly but is...

I am rebuilding a few Tillotson carbs and I have noticed a small flat on the throttle butterfly. It appears to be there to let a tiny amount of air to flow thru the venturi when the butterfly is closed. I have seen this little flat both on the float bowl side and on others it was on the...