Oh I know it has to tighten up, I haven't driven it and as I said I'm still trying to get the carb dialed in. Also for me it helps keep from pushing the rod back and forth constantly while doing adjustments. There are a lot of adjustments on this Holley you need to have the throttle wide open for so I just haven't bothered to adjust the kickdown yet. I didn't think of doing it before the pic or mentioning it in the post. Sorry, my bad