On my 92 Springer Softail started and realized choke was off (in), pulled it out and it just sucks back in.

Does this work on vacuum? Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

Assuming you are talking about a stock CV carb then you can try and hand tighten the jam nut behind the bracket that holds the choke ****.
Be careful that nut is easy to break.
If it is already broken then get a new choke cable.

 

I did give the plastic round nut to add resistance to the choke cable, looks like this may be the fix. Thanks a lot!

 

Yup - catches a lot of us out the first time!

 

WHAAAAT !!!! damn I gotta ask more questions, I sprayed some lube on the choke cable on my 95 springer's choke cable last fall cuz the damn thing was hard as hell to get on and off, since then i cant get it to stay on and assumed i must have used the wrong type of spray stuff on it and would have to take the whole dammn thing apart and clean it somehow...and now you suggest there is a way to tighten the tension on it

 

:i con_laugh:

 

Never lube the cable, but, a new on is about 20 bucks so not really a big deal. The hardest part will be switching them out. YD

 

Thanks guys, I guess i shoulda took a light and looked at the dang thing it pissed me off so i grabbed some of that silicone spray and shot it... but maybe i didn't do any long term damage it seems the advice on this thread has fixed my problem.. big thanks to the OP for asking you evo gods for advice!

 

Just use care tightening the lock nut. It will break. Ask me how I know. :-(