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I didn’t think you could remove those, I thought they were pressed in.
a guy gave me a baggie of the slide keepers to keep on cables. Those are prob hard to find.
With a star lockwasher I wouldn't worry about it. If that came apart the whole car would probably fall apart. If that is a concern put some thread lock on it.
I "think" it's referred to as a throttle cable lever, it may be a carburetor cable lever, or a carburetor throttle cable lever? Regarding is it removable? I honestly don't know, I'd have to look at my own Rochester to determine if it is removable or a pressed in fitting. These carburetor attachment brackets and levers collectively are referred to as the throttle body assembly. I can't speak specifically to each application &/or design - there are quite a number of different design elements and applications. I believe, specifically addressing the item of discussion in your image, these were designed differently in each of the GM divisions (but I don't know that for a fact). Most of the entire throttle body assemblies were specific to each GM division since intake manifolds, carburetors, mounts, etc. had various differences. Holley makes different throttle body assemblies, and there are several different aftermarket throttle body assemblies; but, I'm drifting from you specific question which is what is the name of this piece.
Carburetor throttle cable lever I believe. It is the lever which opens/closes the carburetor throttle plates.
There may even be differences in each of the styles within a specific GM division (I don't know). Since maybe some cars had a different style if they had cruise control? Your guess as good as mine. HTH
I've been kind of ignoring this thread, but after reading what Norm wrote I'll give you my thoughts on this. First, it's obvious to me that carb has been rebuilt by a hacker. The stamping on the side, the lever, the beat screws... There were a ton of Olds carbs built, for boats, for cars, motor homes and industrial use like well pumps. They all required different types of hook ups for the throttle. Generally, the lever was part of the baseplate assembly. There are like roughly about a jazillion different qjet baseplates that will fit on a qjet carb. You can put a Chevy baseplate on an Olds carb, etc. The baseplates are really important because all of the jazillion plates are different. Some have bleed holes some are cut differently on the bottom and block bleed holes or ports. At a mass rebuild shop like Cardone 20 guys with a 6th grade education take the carbs apart and throw all the base plates in one pile, all the air horns in another pile, etc. Then they are cleaned. After that, 2 or 3 guys with an 8th grade education put them back together. They must assemble 100 carbs before they get lunch. My point is...I would turn that carb over and take a pic and post the carb number. I would check the baseplate to see if it's stamped O or B or whatever. I would ask people here with the same carb if it looked like yours. THEN I'd worry about the lever, because you might need a whole base plate assembly. This is why it's way better to send the carb to Ken or Cliff or whoever. I understand you have to deal with what you have.
