Trans Kickdown Linkage Guru Sought

I could be chiming in here when I am not needed. Im not technical by any means, but what caught my eye in the 1st 2 pics, why in the 1st pic is the front of the slot touching the stud when it looks like its threaded all the way out?? 2nd pic its only threaded partway out and only partway in the slot??? Am I missing something here?? To me it looks like the 2 pics are showing 2 different scenarios???


Oops I see 2 different carb setups, 1st is Eddy and 2nd is TQ...with the TQ, looks like you have lots of thread left??

Dad and I used the #1481 adapter on his Eddy 1405(same as 1406) with all factory pieces...kickdown etc. His setup is 273 4bbl/904