No throttle
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: South Florida
Either you didn't plug into the correct connector at the main harness or the TBW wire or connector got pulled apart.If you ran the wires inside the bars,this is probably what happened.Pull harness back out and remove green TBW connector and solder wires together with shrink wrap over them.Hopefully you used bars with the slot in the bar end for the throttle.
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Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Glen Mills, PA
I bet $1 on the green plug came apart...start over...sorry man. Only way is to take it apart. Start with the plugs in the bucket and then back track to the TBW wires.
I hope it was still mostly apart when you found this.
I hope it was still mostly apart when you found this.
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6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Texas
Thanks for the info. I actualy broke the green plug pulling the wires out of the stock bars so I cut and soldered with shrink wrap. So maybe by some chance when I reinstalled the pins to the connector I have 1 in the wrong location. I did have to tug on the wires a few times so is their a possibility I damaged the TBW unit. Everything else works fine. Just no throttle.
Last edited by jmoser; Sep 23, 2013 at 12:51 PM.
Road Master
Joined: May 2012
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From: illinois
yea its possible you pulled something inside the tbw out. normally if there is a connector there is a reason for it sometimes there is a resister or something in them Barnett actually makes the green plugs that are extended. maybe you didn't get the grip locked on the tbw right who knows. good luck
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From: wet coast BC
try this longshot. pull the grip off only and try throttle. I assembled and the gear in grip did not mesh with TBW
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From: Lake, Ms
If you disassembled the end of the TBW wiring harness, which I'm certain you did, go back over the wiring placement in the plug and make sure all 6 wires are in the correct location. Got in a hurry doing my first bar change and had the 3 wires in the top row transposed as well as the bottom row. Found my mistake after 1 1/2 days, swapped wires to correct location and BAM!!! All was good.
