Edelbrock carb spacer issue

[TJ1978]

So I ordered the edlebrock carb spacer so to prevent potential hot starts down the road.
It’s a 1 inch spacer now why the hell doesnt edlebrock supply the correct stud length?
I put them in flush to intake and that leaves no thread to put the nut on.

thread into intake is corse while the it side is fine..
Why not supply the proper set? This is lame on Edlebrock’s part, especially with what these stupid carb spacer with their fancy NASA plastic cost.

 

[Bent77]

You need hardware lesson 101

step 1
go to hardware store, buy $101 of random bolts, nuts, washers, and allthread

Step 2
Build you own stuff

 

[cheavyk10]

Bummer. When I got mine, I made sure it came with the studs and the gaskets as a kit. I went with an aluminum 1", Mr. Gasket pn 6005.
Guaranteed + hrspwrs.
...Not really

 

[TJ1978]

I have tons of random bolts n shit... but not this...
I’ll just head to ACE and get a some 5/16 studs or have them cut a rod into 3” pieces and just get nuts there for corse thread.

so stupid... I forget which one I put on the Blazer, and it worked better. Who knows..

This came with NO gaskets, they had to be ordered separately. I did get the edlebrock price tag though.

I got it from Amazon I should just return all of it and get the mr gasket one

 

[Bent77]

Just go buy a stick of all thread and make your own

 

[cheavyk10]

Edelbrock makes a heat insulator that will work with those studs.
Part #9266.
I have one I'm not using if you need it.

 

[TJ1978]

Edlebrock... 1” spacer plastic spacer is what I bought.

I’m going to call edlebrock Monday and see what they say. I’ve seen posts where people say edelbrock has bigger area where the studs come up. If so, one would think edlebrock would be aware of this and provide the proper length stud.

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

https://www.oreillyauto.com/search?q=carb+studs

 

[TJ1978]

Would it be wise to just back the stud out of the manifold to get some thread engagement to the nut holding the carb down?

 

[frankin5]

send it back, all the ones shown on amazon come complete, you got what you ordered. Spacer and hardware with no gaskets 8711. 8710 is what you needed.

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-6005-Aluminum-Carburetor/dp/B000BWCG3G

 

[cheavyk10]

Personally I would want full thread engagement in the intake and for the nuts, particularly because the intake is aluminum.

One thing to note, the Mr. Gasket pn 6005 is open, looks like that edelbrock one you had is a four hole.

 

[TJ1978]

Yeah on my blazer I got the open spacer. this one, I guess I wasn’t paying too much attention. But the ported is fine enough.
Instead of returning and all that I’ll head to hardware store first and get a rod of 5/16 corse and just cut the length I want.

 

[Bent77]

Put the nut on the thread, and cut it with a thin cut off wheel. Then back the nut off to clean the thread

 

[TJ1978]

Put the nut on the thread, and cut it with a thin cut off wheel. Then back the nut off to clean the thread

Thin enough?

 

[Bent77]

Perfect. Wear your safety glass

 

[Wes Harden]

And a Fire watch, starter 3 fires with my grinder this last week, 2 just today.

 

[urbex]

There's a good reasons for the coarse/fine thread combination of studs. It's easier to get even torque values across multiple fine thread fasteners, where it could be important over a wide area such as a carb base. Removing the fine thread nuts also tends to not want to unthread the coarse end out of the intake later, so that you don't need to do things like soak the intake end in thread locker.

If you haven't already bought the all thread, check the nuts & bolts section at the hardware store too. Buy the time you buy the rod, nuts and washers...I'll bet you'll find 4 longer studs are about the same price anyways.

 

[TJ1978]

To late, I got the rod, nuts for under $5.00 the washer already came with edlebrock spacer.

fine/course carb thread kits I saw were more $$.

It’s already irritating enough edlebrock gives you rods that are insufficient in length. I’ve read posts going back over 2+ years of rod length being an issue. So they obviously don’t give a shiz to correct this.

 

[urbex]

fine/course carb thread kits I saw were more $$.

Not stud kits. Individual studs in the same aisle that nuts/bolts/washers are in the hardware store. Last time I bought studs, they were less than a buck a piece at my local True Value hardware.

 

[TJ1978]

Not stud kits. Individual studs in the same aisle that nuts/bolts/washers are in the hardware store. Last time I bought studs, they were less than a buck a piece at my local True Value hardware.

Gotcha, I miss read you’re post.
I bought a 36” 5/16 rod and will just cut it to the size stud I want.