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A bit of a scare from my 220 yesterday
Posted: 02:25 pm Jun 18 2010
by Alexander220
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]
Posted: 02:55 pm Jun 18 2010
by scheckaet
dirt in the carb or cable, frayed cable, dirt in the throttle tube...
Posted: 03:01 pm Jun 18 2010
by barryadam
Camry throttle mechanism?
Posted: 03:10 pm Jun 18 2010
by Alexander220
What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
Posted: 03:47 pm Jun 18 2010
by bcdonyo
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.
Posted: 07:56 pm Jun 18 2010
by Alexander220
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
Posted: 09:13 pm Jun 18 2010
by canuckhybrid125
Happened to me last year,the throttle cable was frayed inside the bend of the carb cap.
Posted: 12:10 am Jun 19 2010
by SS109
Alexander220 wrote:What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
It was a reference to the stuck accelerators on Toyota vehicles like, well, the Camry!
Posted: 12:38 am Jun 19 2010
by Kyle651
Posted: 01:06 am Jun 19 2010
by Alexander220
Posted: 08:08 am Jun 19 2010
by Julien D
Throttle cable is cheap. I'd just go ahead and replace it for piece of mind.
Posted: 07:24 pm Jun 19 2010
by Alexander220
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
Posted: 09:46 pm Jun 19 2010
by Indawoods
More than likely the throttle cable is not routed correctly. This causes your situation 99 times out of 100....
Posted: 04:46 pm Jun 20 2010
by Alexander220
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?
Posted: 04:46 pm Jun 20 2010
by Indawoods
Follow the manual....
The only thing I do differently is route the cable in front of the petcock.... for ease of carb removal.
Posted: 07:17 pm Jun 20 2010
by barryadam
Indawoods wrote:Follow the manual....
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.
Barry
Posted: 12:18 am Jun 21 2010
by Alexander220
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.
Posted: 09:36 am Jun 21 2010
by Indawoods
I would take buying a manual instead of a head on full throttle crash anyday....
Posted: 01:01 pm Jun 21 2010
by Alexander220
Indawoods wrote:I would take buying a manual instead of a head on full throttle crash anyday....
haha yea i agree
Posted: 10:49 am Jun 22 2010
by chrisg
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.