A bit of a scare from my 220 yesterday
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A bit of a scare from my 220 yesterday
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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LOL!!!!barryadam wrote:Camry throttle mechanism?
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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It was a reference to the stuck accelerators on Toyota vehicles like, well, the Camry!Alexander220 wrote:What is a Camry throttle mechanism?
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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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Follow the manual....
The only thing I do differently is route the cable in front of the petcock.... for ease of carb removal.
The only thing I do differently is route the cable in front of the petcock.... for ease of carb removal.
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The manual has the cable in front of the petcock.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.
+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).
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I would take buying a manual instead of a head on full throttle crash anyday....
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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.
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.