Throttle slack

Hi,

Hope someone can point me in the correct direction. Riding to work this morning, changing down the gears and then all of a sudden I have quater of a turn of throttle slack just appear. How can that happen. What should i check and how can I get it back to normal.

Thanks

 

Its under the gas tank ,but tell me what size wrench you use to adj this stupid tiny screw nut, mine was so pretty I didn't want to mark it up with wrong tool. Mine is also off maybe a 1/2inch.

 

Its like something has broke. 1/2 an inch sound like you just need to adjust your throttle slack, mine feels like that part of the throttle tube has broken, like there is no definitive stop when i roll off the throttle. It just keeps rolling.

 

It's possible a cable got dislodged in the throttle tube. I'd start by disassembling and inspecting the handlebar throttle assembly.

 

I have never taken the throttle assembly off, is it hard to do?

Thanks

 

No, it's easy. There's one screw holding the kill switch housing together. If you find everything checks out, you'll have to remove the left fairing to inspect the throttle cable linkages.

 

I know this is stupid but it just happened to me
did the glue on your throttle grip break free?
if so you will have a hard time controlling it

 

Haha this one is classic :thumb:
Check all above response and report back..........Good luck

 

So an update on the above.

I took of the throttle assembly and my push vable was like the below photo.



So I then took my gas tank off and pulled on the push cable to see if it removed the slack at the throttle assembly end and did the below.



And it didn't relieve any slack. I can pull the cable either end and they don't interact with each other which can only make me assume that it has snapped somewhere mid cable?

Are these easy to replace?

 

Sounds like you've figured it out. I haven't replaced a throttle cable on the VFR, but they are generally straightforward to replace. You just have to make sure the new cable follows the same routing as the old, which can be done by putting the new cable in place before installing its ends. Not sure exactly which cable you'll need, you can check in the diagram below. MSRP is US$26. Be sure to lubricate the new cable and the intact old cable.

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Honda/Motorcycle/2002/VFR800+AC/SWITCH+++CABLE/parts.html

 

Unless your on a budget you may want to consider replacing both cables.

 

Yeah I have ordered both. I figures they are original cables and if one has gone the likelihood is the other with fail shortly after.

 

What really tells you a lot is where the cable snapped. No, not at mcDonalds but where in the housing

There is a chance that the cable snapped due to 1) abrasion from a kinked cable housing or 2) just repeated use in a tight radius bend.

Because the housing is a metal coil it's also possible 3) it got a pull in it causing a gap and hence an exposed edge somewhere inside.

When you feed in the new cable try to feel around to see as you work it through if there are any areas of resistance.

Now before even doing that it's also possible 4) the housing end got cockeyed in the housing stop due to wear on the plastic housing.

And finally it's also possible 4.5) the last bit of housing near either end got compressed a little during either use (see number 4) or from manufacture if it was not cut squarely so it sits in its stop properly.

Try to look into each hole with an inspection mirror or feed in the largest butt end of a drill bit that slides easily. Then check all 4 holes. Since the cable housing is a spiral/coil what can happen is the very end sticks into the cable aperture creating a wear point.

If you're replacing both cable and housing this info is still useful in order to examine a possible stress point from either the routing or new cable housing condition pre-install.


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