Seth:

Hey man, that sounds like a good fix to me just moving the bellcrank over a bit, obviously I hadn't thought of that! Thats why I appreciate this thread, and especially your engineering skills which are evident! I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade and that is a common practice to put a washer under the bolt head going through a rod-end, this keeps the linkage on if the end was to let loose, kind of important when its hooked up to your carburetor!

Dan