Throttle Cabke replacemnt By jaxrhapsody (Read 407 times)

[jaxrhapsody]

So, aboutnlast week my cable snapped, and I saw they're cheap online, and called the guy I usually take it to, and he said it would be about 40$ to buy one from him, so I have a Motorcyle Superstore right around the way from me, I'm going to go to. I'm going to try and take it off tonight, so I ask; anny advice on removing it? The air box sits on top the carb. Wishing I made that cai already, because of it.

[trashtruck12172]

how i usually do mine is to get the new one, tape it end to end with the old and pull it all thru as one piece. may not work that way if your cable is broken tho.

[jaxrhapsody]

Jun 9, 2016 13:20:41 GMT -6 trashtruck12172 said:

how i usually do mine is to get the new one, tape it end to end with the old and pull it all thru as one piece. may not work that way if your cable is broken tho.

The cables I've seen come with the housing, I just don't know how to undo it from the carb side.

[thecableguy]

If your carb looks like this:

You loosen the nuts clamping the cable to the bracket, take the outer nut (closest to the end of the cable) and run it all the way off so it's hanging on the cable. Slide the cable housing out of the bracket via the notch. Unwrap the cable from around the throttle cam and slide the lead end of the cable out of the cam.

Installation is the reverse of disassembly.

Jim

[trashtruck12172]

sorry, i'm always a day late and a dollar short.

[jaxrhapsody]

Jun 10, 2016 8:47:39 GMT -6 trashtruck12172 said:

sorry, i'm always a day late and a dollar short.

You weren't, I picked it up this morning, and it was pretty easy to do. I think throttle response is a tad better, too. Thanks for the help. Next on the list, is the handlebar mod, new pipe eith exhaust wrap, and body panels. I'm working on my cdl, so hopefully more money to come.

[jct842]

Many do not realize if you take the slack out of the throttle cable you have way better response and control. And in some instances with too much slack you can not reach full throttle.

[jaxrhapsody]

Jun 10, 2016 21:26:11 GMT -6 jct842 said:

Many do not realize if you take the slack out of the throttle cable you have way better response and control. And in some instances with too much slack you can not reach full throttle.

I think the original one may have stretchted some, pending the breakage. That should be common sense. I originally thought I'd actially have to add a bit of slack, but nope, ran it through the bike top-down, hooked the carb up first, and no adjustments were even needed.

I'm glad I found this site, I don't know much about scooters, but sometimes I feel like I'm asking way too many things, with little to contribute.

[cyborg]

Glad to have you here Jax,,,ask away