Homemade needle shims

mile9c1

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Anyone make their own carb needle shims? I want to lower my needles by 0.2mm but the factory shims are huge at 0.4mm. I found some plastic polyester shim material that is 0.19mm and it's supposed to be oil resistant. Good idea to try it or no?
 

look into aircraft fastners, I have some in my tool tray and they are specific differnt thickness and are brass.
 
I took small steel washers and flattened them slightly with a hammer to the correct thickness.
The plastic ones you spoke about should work fine too.
 


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