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my choke cable is too short

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haha, i know what you're thinking.... that's what she said, right?

but seriously, i had this bike given to me and its been neglected/chopped up/rigged and im trying to get it back together and road worthy.

my question comes with a picture:
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this is with the choke cable fully seated up on the triple, and the gang lever pulled as far up as i think it goes (choke travel is ~1/16", gang travel is ~1/2", right?) and its no where near fitting. the end of the cable should pull past the round guy in the pic, slide in, and engage. mine doesnt even come close.

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it wouldnt surprise me if this motor wasnt factory, but i leave it here to be dissected. why oh why doesnt my choke cable go where it is supposed to? i followed the routing (although peculiar, from what ive read/seen its correct) and even tested to see if there was a hangup in the cable, but it worked fine both ways.

so there it is, gentlemen. help the kid out.
 
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i think you're right. it wouldnt surprise me if the carb rack had been replaced with something other than stock.


does the linkage look right? i dont have anything to base it off of, but my first guess was that it was the wrong cable.
 
I would bet the end that goes thru the frame is broken, limiting travel
 
Linkage looks different from what I've seen on my VM29 carbs and VM22 550 carbs. Not sure what's going on there.
 
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Their is a 6-8" hard plastic piece (part of the cable)that goes thru the steering head. Unscrew it from the frame to remove it & examine it.If it is broken it could be jammed making the outer part of the cable seem longer, making the inner cable too short
 
SqDancerLynn1 said:
Their is a 6-8" hard plastic piece (part of the cable)that goes thru the steering head. Unscrew it from the frame to remove it & examine it.If it is broken it could be jammed making the outer part of the cable seem longer, making the inner cable too short
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ah, and i assume if its broken i have to replace it.
 
maybe its a choke cable for a later model with CV carbs...:confused:
center pull through the triple clamp stem, right?
 
Here's another idea. Check your throttle grip. I have seen people put the end of the cable in the wrong hole in the grip. There will be 2 possible grooves for the cable, you need to make sure you're using the right one.

Paul
 
nastyjones said:
Here's another idea. Check your throttle grip. I have seen people put the end of the cable in the wrong hole in the grip. There will be 2 possible grooves for the cable, you need to make sure you're using the right one.

Paul
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understood, but what does that have to do with the choke cable?
 
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