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Throttle Butterfly Valve

NOTE: Do not adjust only 1 valve. Whenever adjustments are made, always adjust both butterfly valves.
  1. Remove both air cleaners. Loosen lock nut on butterfly valve stop screw. Turn stop screw all the way in. Make sure that butterfly valve closes fully.
  2. Insert a 0.002" (0.05 mm) feeler gauge between top of butterfly valve and housing to hold valve open. See Fig 1 . Set stop screw so that it just touches stop arm. Tighten lock nut. Press stop arm against stop screw and withdraw feeler gauge.
  3. Repeat procedure on other side of engine. Seal threads of adjusting screws with a drop of paint. Replace air cleaners. Check throttle linkage and kick-down switch adjustment. Check operation of throttle switch.
Fig 1: Butterfly Valve Adjustment Use a .002" (.05 mm) feeler gauge to set throttle opening.
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