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Old Nov 25, 2014 | 02:19 PM
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Return Spring
I bought a return spring from MACS and its too loose. I hooked it from the accelerator arm to the choke bracket. It also rubs on the accelerator arm. Whats wrong here?
 
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There should be a place on the back of the carb where that spring hooks up.
 
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It goes in a hole in the choke cable bracket.
 
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The hole
I found the HOLE guys!!! If you flip the spring from what is shown in both pics it wont even come close to the rod.
 
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