Salishmoto
Just got it firing!
Been working on it all morning and now throw up my hands. I've spent the entire morning trying to eliminate friction in my throttle assembly and though it seems I have done so, when I put it all back together the throttle sticks and at best is sluggish to return to idle. Let me list what I have done and see if any of you have any insights. I'm installed Oxford Heaterz though that seems less of an issue.
The cables themselves move very freely in their sleeves. I took the housing apart and freed the cables from their connection and they move very easily by hand, with no evident sticking. I move the throttle body and the springs seem strong and there seems plenty of pull.
On the bars, I found a little roughness and used 400 wet dry to lightly polish the bar to smooth. The throttle tube itself is cleaned and smooth. I've lightly lubed the bar and throttle tube with dry graphite spray. I've lubed the housing lightly where the throttle tube revolves within, and there is no sign of wear there.
I've adjusted the cables to seem right, with the pull cable adjusted to have idle right at 1100 and not more. The return cable is slack, and here is a strange thing. If the return cable is slackened all the way, and the Heaterz are not slid onto the throttle tube, then the tube itself will snap back to idle seemingly fine. But if the return cable is tightened at all, even a few turns from dead slack, the whole assembly binds and won't return if the throttle is opened. Ok, fine, I cannot for the life of me figure out why that return cable being tight causes the whole assembly to bind, but it does.
So I go ahead and put on the Heaterz and for whatever reason, though it is touching absolutely nothing!, it causes some friction in the system and the throttle tube is sluggish to return.
I cannot figure out what is happening. The throttle springs are untouched and seem strong when you open the throttle by hand at the pivot wheel. There is no friction in the cables. There is no friction on the bar. There should be no added friction with the Heaterz, and no it isn't the cable binding or anything as I checked that 100 times and ways.
I'm more or less cutting and pasting this from the advrider forum to see if there are folks here with any other ideas and can't get rid of the black background, sorry.
I'm at a loss. Any insights?
The cables themselves move very freely in their sleeves. I took the housing apart and freed the cables from their connection and they move very easily by hand, with no evident sticking. I move the throttle body and the springs seem strong and there seems plenty of pull.
On the bars, I found a little roughness and used 400 wet dry to lightly polish the bar to smooth. The throttle tube itself is cleaned and smooth. I've lightly lubed the bar and throttle tube with dry graphite spray. I've lubed the housing lightly where the throttle tube revolves within, and there is no sign of wear there.
I've adjusted the cables to seem right, with the pull cable adjusted to have idle right at 1100 and not more. The return cable is slack, and here is a strange thing. If the return cable is slackened all the way, and the Heaterz are not slid onto the throttle tube, then the tube itself will snap back to idle seemingly fine. But if the return cable is tightened at all, even a few turns from dead slack, the whole assembly binds and won't return if the throttle is opened. Ok, fine, I cannot for the life of me figure out why that return cable being tight causes the whole assembly to bind, but it does.
So I go ahead and put on the Heaterz and for whatever reason, though it is touching absolutely nothing!, it causes some friction in the system and the throttle tube is sluggish to return.
I cannot figure out what is happening. The throttle springs are untouched and seem strong when you open the throttle by hand at the pivot wheel. There is no friction in the cables. There is no friction on the bar. There should be no added friction with the Heaterz, and no it isn't the cable binding or anything as I checked that 100 times and ways.
I'm more or less cutting and pasting this from the advrider forum to see if there are folks here with any other ideas and can't get rid of the black background, sorry.
I'm at a loss. Any insights?