Motorcycle Throttle Cable Sticking

I ve seen a few videos of people using the motion pro tool or others to lube the cables.

Motorcycle throttle cable sticking. Squeeze a few drops into the front cable and the idle hand throttle cable located behind it. Dry frayed or externally damaged throttle cable s a dirty throttle assembly at the handlebars. Next apply a lubricant made for throttle cables into the cable end. Let s look at all of the causes and determine how to resolve them.

Or it can be caused by an issue with the carburetor or efi. A sticky throttle could be caused by worn cables lack of lubrication in the cables or the cable getting bound up somewhere in the mechanism. Now it springs back quicker than a. Step 5 attach the switch housing.

My sv650 throttle was not snapping closed like it should do a fairly simple job to oil the cable without any fancy tools. The cable needs lubricating it s being pinched somewhere cables need adjusting or the bar ends are too tight. The cables can bind under the tank or in the handgrip. This is usually caused by the idle screw on the carburetor being out of adjustment an out of place throttle handle screw a bad carburetor throttle spring or a sticky throttle or throttle cable.

I wanted to show a really cheap and effective way of doing this. Several things can be the cause. Lubricate the throttle cables. Dirty or improperly assembled carb s or throttle body s.

Harley throttle sticking or loose fix electronic throttle control. Shortcuts to the most common causes of a sticking throttle. If the screws in the throttle housing are too tight it could cause the cable to stick. A damaged or improperly adjusted throttle tube.