Hey guys. Haven't posted in a while am almost ready to sell my bike and upgrade to ????. In about a month. But I still have to replace a snaped throttle cable. I replaced it yesterday and took it for a ride today and the cable throttle handle is very stiff and takes a bit of effort to roll on. I believe I almost put it in correct. Where I went wrong I think is whether the cable goes over the choke pins or under the choke pins. The pins are located along the carbys and are pulled across when choke is used. Thanks for your help.
I can't remember enough of my old FZR250 to recall which way they go unfortunately. Might be worth checking the service manuals we have. Other things that might be worth checking... - tension on the throttle cable (too tight will cause it to be stiff) - did you lubricate the cable before installing it?
there should be a bracket between 2nr and 3rd carb, just above the clamp for the choke cable, where you slide the casing of the cable in after hooking it up to the throttle linkage on the carb.
I did put it in the bracket. But between the bracket and the spring lever that it goes into there is a small metal rod which opens the valves when the choke is used. Do you have to lubricate the cable. The cable was very free before I put it in?
Definitely lubricate every cable before you first install it! A dry cable will have a substantially shorter life span than a properly lubricated one, just like a chain.
What would I lubricate it with? How do I get it down into the sheath? Does anyone have any tricks to get it in?
Casso really knows how to get the girls. <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> Personally i remove the cable and get a large needleless syringe and inject a heap of fresh oil into the cable sheath. Then put the cable back in spinning it as you go. A few more drops of oil both ends and a bit of a shuffle of the cable back and forwards and you'll notice the difference.
I leave the sucking to you Casso! Unfortunately you cant get the cable out because it has the knobs on each end. What type of oil should I use. Axle grease? Or just normal engine oil?
Thanks for the help guys the engine oil worked. Much better. Although I was lucky I got around to doing it. I had an accident last night a guy did a U-turn across double white lines infront of me. I squeezed the anchors and he stopped just in time so I only scrapped my side fairing down his front bumper. So lucky if he had not have stopped I would have been over his bonnet. Bike is fine just some of his paint left on my fairing which could be polished out. Time to go buy a lottery ticket.
