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does anybody have a diagram on the assembly for the spring pertaining to where it hooks to? Throttle sticks and upon further inspection found this spring is loose with almost no tension, just not sure where it hooks onto or if i should just replace the whole spring. TIA
You state that throttle sticks?
Did you loosen the tensioner wheel on bottom of right handlebar control?
It is the poor mans throttle tensioner/holder.
Then, are you sure it is not the cables?
Consider removal of BOTH cables at throttle body.
There is a pull cable and a return cable.
Remove BOTH at throttle bottle and then see if throttle sticks.
Also sometimes the throttle pull cable inside clam/switch housing starts to fall apart in the clam and it gets stuck.
If somebody changed grips then there is a huge possibility that grips were incorrectly installed and friction is ocuring between the grip and clam/switch housing.
Remember to use cardboard to protect brake button at lever when working on switch housing or you WILL brake the rubber cover on brake switch.
The idle screw(i believe it is a torx t-10 at bottom right of throttle flange does not look like it touches anything? odd...unless angle is hiding view
the spring will have pre-load but doesn't hurt to check all of the above. more than likely, the tang has broken that anchors the spring ends. that spring is a mandate by powers beyond to force the throttle closed if a failure occurs. ever been on a run-away mc, been there done that on a 305 honda.
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