| Author | Message | ||
     Ratsmc |
I'm finishing up after doing the valves and the bike is nearly back together. Except the damn throttle is binding and not returning properly. The cables are routed really nicely and when held in the position where they would normally go into the housing, they are really smooth and snap back as they should. As soon as I put everything in the housing, it binds up. I've try a little lube everywhere that the throttle tube rubs on the housing with no luck. Anyone else run into this and find a solution? Am I doing something wrong in reassembling it? I should mention that the return has never worked very well and I have always had to give it a little nudge. | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
I have/had same issue. Solution thus far is longer bolt in the top bolt position that is fully seated but not providing full clamp either. That little bit of play makes it snap back. I think though the true solution is to clearance and polish the components | ||
| Rodrob |
I just finished my valves and had the same issue. It's always been an annoyance. Things to look for - Make sure the throttle bodies are fully on seated down on the intake runners. It's easy to ge them partially seated. Check that the wiring loom is secured in the plastic guide and that the starter cable is down on the bottom. Check that the crankcase breather hose is all the way down on intake runners and is not pushing the loom up. Finally, I pinpointed my problem to the idle air intake hose rubbing on the throttle body linkage on the right side of the bodies. When the airbox gasket is seated, the hose gets pushed down and contacts the linkage. Make sure that the hose is fully seated on the throttle bodies so that it does not stick out to the right too far. I trimmed mine slightly. Once the airbox gasket is seated, use a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the house up and through the base of the airbox slightly. This will pull it away from the linkage. Hope this helps. It drove me nuts until I figured out it was that hose and not the throttle cable cam. Now it works great. | ||
| Zoolander |
That problem was driving me nuts too. I tried and checked everything you did and nothing helped. On mine what worked was repositioning the switch housing by the right grip. I had to move it in (towards the center) just about a quarter inch and it worked perfectly. I hope yours turns out to be just as easy. | ||
| Ratsmc |
Thanks Boogiman, while that isn't really the sort of solution I was looking for, hopefully, it will do the trick. Rodrob, as I mentioned, the cables work perfectly until they are put into the housing. I spent a good deal of time carefully routing them so that there isn't even a tiny bit of binding. It is only when I assemble the throttle/switch housing that it binds up. Cables are fine. Housing is bad. | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
I had mine all apart so I could just have the house and throttle sleeve to play with off the bike and found the the sleeve was binding in the groove | ||
| Ratsmc |
Was it the sleeve itself binding or was it the cam? | ||
| Cutty72 |
Had the same issue with mine. After about 20 miles, no issue, it fixed itself. | ||
| Rodrob |
Oh, THAT housing... Had that problem too. Ended up being the little curved guide for the front cable not seating right. Just kept screwing with it until it finally seated. |
