07 softail cable routing
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07 softail cable routing
Hey i was wondering if someone could take a picture of the throttle and clutch cables around the triple tree area, i am just wondering if they are supposed to be routed through the TT or behind it.
I was just doing some maintenance on my bike and when setting the throttle and idle cables i noticed with the bars at full right lock the throttle will not snap back into place. the cable just dont look right the way they are routed right now.
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I was just doing some maintenance on my bike and when setting the throttle and idle cables i noticed with the bars at full right lock the throttle will not snap back into place. the cable just dont look right the way they are routed right now.
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Thanks for checking, did you notice if they are routed in front or behind the triple trees?
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If it helps at all, after I changed to the SB bars, I noticed that at FULL right, the throttle was closing slower also. I just dorked around with it some and it's still slower than the other way, doenst "snap" closed, just slower. It's only at FULL lock, so I'm not worried about mine anymore.
I'm pretty hopeful I never find myself doing a full lock turn at more than a walking pace, lol.
Never checked it with the stock bars on there, so dont know if it was always that way.
I'm pretty hopeful I never find myself doing a full lock turn at more than a walking pace, lol.
Never checked it with the stock bars on there, so dont know if it was always that way.
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If it helps at all, after I changed to the SB bars, I noticed that at FULL right, the throttle was closing slower also. I just dorked around with it some and it's still slower than the other way, doenst "snap" closed, just slower. It's only at FULL lock, so I'm not worried about mine anymore.
I'm pretty hopeful I never find myself doing a full lock turn at more than a walking pace, lol.
Never checked it with the stock bars on there, so dont know if it was always that way.
I'm pretty hopeful I never find myself doing a full lock turn at more than a walking pace, lol.
Never checked it with the stock bars on there, so dont know if it was always that way.
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Actually, that's why I ended up messing with it forever. They way the cables are routed shouldn't effect the way they work, that's why they're jacketed cables. Shouldnt be any more slack no matter how they're bent.
Guess they're just they're just not terribly slick internally and there is some friction at full right.
Guess they're just they're just not terribly slick internally and there is some friction at full right.
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Sounds to me like it's an adjustment issue. They tell you to turn the bars lock to lock while adjusting the idle/throttle cables. But if you've already done that I guess it could be a cable routing issue.