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Originally Posted by terkaa
What is purpose off this ball and spring? Mine does not have these so I am 
tero |
Dwayne was referring to the detent ball/ spring that is on the choke shaft, I too got to spend some quality time rolling around the shop floor looking for mine as well. It is there to help hold the choke open.
Dave, those screws are staked on the back side, the exposed threads/ end of the screw where hammered on to keep them from shaking loose. I broke of 2 of the 4 originals (I looked at Matt's how to, but neglected to leave the choke alone, I removed it as well). I then ordered 4 replacements from Chris Westfall, kohler parts I think, they were the brass ones on his sight, then I managed to twist all of these off as well. So I am pretty good at getting out the broken ones, I used a thin cutoff wheel in the dremel to slit them and was able to use a tiny screw driver to get the out. Since these twist off so easy, I recommend you order some steel replacements, Matt says in his how to that he thinks they are #3x48 screws, and he is exactly right.
I think the next one I take apart for cleaning I will leave the choke butterfly in place, and to remove those brass screws, I am going to tighten them until they twist off, the use some small needle nose pliers on the backside and thread the remaining part out from the back, there is enough exposed threads to get a hold of and that way you don't have to fight the staking.