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A bit of a scare from my 220 yesterday

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So yesterday after riding about 90 flawless miles of trail, I was going over some whoops fast with the throttle open and it jammed up. So my bike was reving out of control while I pulled in the clutch and tried holding down the kill. Eventually I just wiggled the throttle open and closed until it released. My bike is fine, as am I, however I'm a little scared of it happening again. Any ideas of what that could have been?[/list]
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dirt in the carb or cable, frayed cable, dirt in the throttle tube...
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Camry throttle mechanism?
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What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
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barryadam wrote:Camry throttle mechanism?
LOL!!!!

Seriously, this happened to me a few years ago on my WR360. I had put on a new headlight an routed the cables wrong. It didn't happen on a few desert rides but stuck open in the woods. Guess I had turned it sharper and the cable stuck. I thought it was the carb and rode many miles back to the truck just bogging it a gear high.

I'd check the cable, throttle and slide.
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I took a look at the cable and right before it enters the top of the carb it's bent a little, i'm wondering if that's a normal bend or not
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Happened to me last year,the throttle cable was frayed inside the bend of the carb cap.
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Alexander220 wrote:What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
It was a reference to the stuck accelerators on Toyota vehicles like, well, the Camry! :mrgreen:
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Alexander220 wrote:What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
It was a reference to the stuck accelerators on Toyota vehicles like, well, the Camry! :mrgreen:
Lmfao, that's awesome.
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Alexander220 wrote:What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
It was a reference to the stuck accelerators on Toyota vehicles like, well, the Camry! :mrgreen:
haha yea i should have thought of that. ironically enough my friend and I were talking about that on the drive to the ride spot.
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Throttle cable is cheap. I'd just go ahead and replace it for piece of mind.
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juliend wrote:Throttle cable is cheap. I'd just go ahead and replace it for piece of mind.
yea good call on that. better safe than sorry for sure
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More than likely the throttle cable is not routed correctly. This causes your situation 99 times out of 100....
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Yea I think I routed the cable incorrectly when I replaced the top end. I have it going above the frame and below the gas tank at a pretty abrupt angle, so I assume that is a problem. Do you have any routing tips?
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Follow the manual.... :wink:

The only thing I do differently is route the cable in front of the petcock.... for ease of carb removal.
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Indawoods wrote:Follow the manual.... :wink:

The only thing I do differently is route the cable in front of the petcock.... for ease of carb removal.
The manual has the cable in front of the petcock.

+1 on following the manual.

It does not seem to make any difference ( I checked both on the bench this week) if it is above or below the upper rad bolt. The book calls for both (above on page 1-20 and below on page 1-19).

Make sure the tank has not pinched it in the frame on reassembly.


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alright thanks guys. i don't have the manual, so i think ill just set it up to have the most modest of bends when necessary. hoping that will do the trick.
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I would take buying a manual instead of a head on full throttle crash anyday....
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Indawoods wrote:I would take buying a manual instead of a head on full throttle crash anyday....
haha yea i agree
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I thought I replied to this, oh well, maybe not...

IN any case, I had this happen a few weeks back. The problem turned out to be too much free play in the cable, which allowed the ball at the end of it to catch and bind in the assembly at the hand grip. Pop the cover off that part, and you may identify your problem there.
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