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Throttle cable
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 9:20 pm
by Britisherspy
Tried to get the throttle twist griptube off, seems very complicated with 4 screws, 2 steel, one aluminium one self tapper! Got em all out and tugged the tube off. Bugger forgot the heater grip cable and snapped the lead. Out with the soldering iron and fixed it up again. While it was off I managed to squirt some GT 85 down the cable which has stopped it sticking open. I have a printout of the shop manual but couldn't find any info on stripping the throttle cable out of the housing. Is the Haynes manual useful for this? Anyone have one for sale?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 4:50 am
by dave the german
Could have a look in the Clymer for you
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 7:10 am
by Britisherspy
dave the german wrote:Could have a look in the Clymer for you
Thanks I have got it off and back together just I could do with a better manual as I like to do things at least 1/2 properly!
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 2:16 pm
by dave the german
Clymer is good but covers various models so tends to jump about a bit
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:20 pm
by Britisherspy
Throttle snaps back nice now. Especially after a couple of washers to space the bar end off
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 8:04 am
by boxerscott
Britisherspy wrote:Throttle snaps back nice now. Especially after a couple of washers to space the bar end off
Riding along nicely, bar end drops off (at worse) or becomes loose. I am thinking you should have a specific size washer there and possibly a wee bit of thread lock. Probably not having the specific washer was the cause of stiff throttle action ? jus sayin
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 9:11 pm
by Britisherspy
boxerscott wrote:Britisherspy wrote:Throttle snaps back nice now. Especially after a couple of washers to space the bar end off
Riding along nicely, bar end drops off (at worse) or becomes loose. I am thinking you should have a specific size washer there and possibly a wee bit of thread lock. Probably not having the specific washer was the cause of stiff throttle action ? jus sayin
Only just got the bike mate, and the bar end has gone back on with thread lock
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 9:50 pm
by boxerscott
Britisherspy wrote:boxerscott wrote:Britisherspy wrote:Throttle snaps back nice now. Especially after a couple of washers to space the bar end off
Riding along nicely, bar end drops off (at worse) or becomes loose. I am thinking you should have a specific size washer there and possibly a wee bit of thread lock. Probably not having the specific washer was the cause of stiff throttle action ? jus sayin
Only just got the bike mate, and the bar end has gone back on with thread lock
Yes I know, I read the post. Was trying to be helpful.
The throttle cables on the S are non lube types. You will (generally) only get problems with these at the exposed portions. Which are visible.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:47 am
by Britisherspy
boxerscott wrote:Britisherspy wrote:boxerscott wrote: Riding along nicely, bar end drops off (at worse) or becomes loose. I am thinking you should have a specific size washer there and possibly a wee bit of thread lock. Probably not having the specific washer was the cause of stiff throttle action ? jus sayin
Only just got the bike mate, and the bar end has gone back on with thread lock
Yes I know, I read the post. Was trying to be helpful.
The throttle cables on the S are non lube types. You will (generally) only get problems with these at the exposed portions. Which are visible.
Thanks I appreciate it