Author Topic: Stiff Thottle Lever  (Read 3280 times)

Lazy Pelican

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Stiff Thottle Lever
« on: November 17 2014, 14:50 »
The throttle on our B39 2006 has become quite stiff to operate. This has happened slowly over a number of seasons - I'm used to it and only realised how stiff when a friend commented on it. He suggested the problem is a partly frayed throttle cable.
Is this the likely cause and if so how easy is it to replace the cable?

Thanks,
John

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Re: Stiff Thottle Lever
« Reply #1 on: November 17 2014, 15:38 »
it'll be the cable. They do that. I had to replace mine this year.

You can get them in varying lengths, so take it off and take it the chandler to make sure you get the right length.

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Re: Stiff Thottle Lever
« Reply #2 on: November 21 2014, 15:16 »
John, before you remove the cable, try the throttle damper screw. See attached.

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Re: Stiff Thottle Lever
« Reply #3 on: November 21 2014, 17:23 »
Thanks that's very interesting- I had no idea the damper screw existed.

John