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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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Default Dumb question about throttle/idle cables.

Just got in some new cables for my new 12' bars and am going to install them tomorrow. My question is which cable is the one with the spring on it? Throttle or idle? I took the cables off about a week ago in anticipation of my new bars and which one was which has slipped my mind.

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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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Thanks terp.

What is the spring there for?
 
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No idea but I just replaced my cables with Barnetts last week.
 
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Works for me.
 
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Oh and they took all but like 30 minutes to do. I just pulled my carb off to get to the cables at the carb.
 
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Ya, I have a EFI with a heavy breather, just pulled the filter off and every thing was very accessible.
 
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