1980 GS550E choke cable

[oblivionboyj]

I hope this is not too dumb a question...
My choke cable seems to be longer than the area between the knob mount and the choke.
Is it common for these to stretch over time?
It seems to be in good shape other than it just seems a little long.
Is there an adjustment I am not seeing?

[tom203]

I hope this is not too dumb a question...
My choke cable seems to be longer than the area between the knob mount and the choke.
Is it common for these to stretch over time?
It seems to be in good shape other than it just seems a little long.
Is there an adjustment I am not seeing?

There are few too dumb questions! It's more common for someone to use the wrong cable replacement- it would break long before it stretched very far. Does it operate at the carb end immediately as you pull it out, or is there lots of slack?

[oblivionboyj]

It has lots of slack.

[tom203]

It has lots of slack.

So if you pull it pass your head, does it operate at the carb end?

[oblivionboyj]

The cable seems fine and is in tact.
There was some kind of keeper that went missing, and it was causing the choke cable to have too much slack to operate correctly.
Some of the cable was even coming out at the knob end when pulled to its limit.
It was a simple fix, it just took some creative viewing to see a solution