Good ride with bad ending..

[Sabre093]

Took the bike to work..cold but good this morning , made it almost home and bang...Throttle cable snapped..ended up pushing 4 kms to home...so how hard is it to swap one out guys?

[racerrad8]

You are going to have to see which one broke since the early bikes had an upper & lower pull cable.

The upper cables are the only ones available from Yamaha anymore. I have seen mention that Motion-Pro does the other cables but I have no experience with them.

Throttle Cable 1
Throttle Cable 2

Randy - RPM

[aviationfred]

Changing out a throttle cable is a fairly easy job. All it takes is removal of the fuel tank and opening up the right hand starter switch housing. If you have a Haynes manual the procedure is pretty straight forward. Page 3.11


Fred

[Capn Ron]

Took the bike to work..cold but good this morning , made it almost home and bang...Throttle cable snapped..ended up pushing 4 kms to home...so how hard is it to swap one out guys?

With all due respect for your 4km of pushing, that seems more like a "good ride with an inconvenient ending."  I read that subject line and expected much worse!

Whichever cable broke, replace them both...assuming they are both of the same age.

Cap'n Ron. . .

[Sabre093]

Sorry to disappoint Ron....lol...could have been worse I guess as I work 40 kms away..I will remove the starter switch and confirm which one Randy...I don't have a manual so first I find out which one and yes I believe i'll swap out both thanks guys hopefully I can get it done for Ontario FJ Clinic if not Johnnie i'll be 1st one there with parts and it on my truck..lol

[racerrad8]

Okay, just so you know, there is a total of four cables on your bike with the connector box in the middle.

The connector slide could have pulled through to if you don't find a cable broken.

Randy

[Sabre093]

ok thanks

[aviationfred]

Here is a drawing that may help

[Sabre093]

Well I've removed and confirmed what I pretty much knew , one of the cables did snap and the other is in bad shape so it looks like I will be changing both..

[Sabre093]

well bike is all loaded up in the back of a truck getting new cables put on tomorrow should be good to go for the Ontario FJ clinic

[Sabre093]

Got bike back today..throttle is good got a little play in response though about a 1/4 of inch before it grabs..my mechanic say's to adjust it to my liking.Now on to next task The starter...