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Old Jun 26, 2020 | 03:27 PM
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On my 08 883, one throttle cable has a spring and the other doesn’t. I thought that the cable with the spring went on the pull side (increase throttle), as shown in my picture.

In the reassembly process, I discovered the holes in the throttle assembly are different sizes - smaller on the idle control side. As I’m trying to go now, the non-spring cable will not fit in the hole.

Do I have these backward?
 
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Old Jun 26, 2020 | 06:12 PM
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Try it the other way and see. What do you have to lose?

On my carb bike, the spring cable is the idle (push) cable, not the throttle (pull) cable. But, you have an EFI bike.

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Old Jun 26, 2020 | 06:36 PM
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The one with the spring is the idle cable (push) and the spring goes into EFI, not the throttle housing. At least per the picture:

https://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche...TTLE%20CONTROL
 
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Try it the other way and see. What do you have to lose?

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Yep. Swapping did the trick.
 
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The idle cable is not a push it is a pull. The system is pull - pull.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2020 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by kre84u
Yep. Swapping did the trick.
Well done - you only had two options!
 
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Old Jun 27, 2020 | 06:18 AM
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But then Graham had he had the manual to hand and not only read it but understood it he wouldn't of made that mistake.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2020 | 06:25 AM
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But then Graham had he had the manual to hand and not only read it but understood it he wouldn't of made that mistake.
Very true, but also shouldn't be difficult to remember, but heyho….
 
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Old Jun 27, 2020 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy from Sandy
The idle cable is not a push it is a pull. The system is pull - pull.
Remember, you're dealing with Americans. You have to dumb it down considerably for us.

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Old Jun 27, 2020 | 08:06 AM
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Remember, you're dealing with Americans. You have to dumb it down considerably for us.

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But not ALL of you?!
 
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