Quick slide question

[Geoff]

So I went riding this past weekend and my throttle started hanging up...the very first time I fired it up it hung up really bad had to kill it to shut it off, but it only was when it was cold. I've adjusted the slides down at the tops and I adjusted the cable also at the bars.... so I then played with the way the cable was sitting and thought I got it fixed but after it was cold it do it again, I'd race around for a few and then never again on an 1-1.5hr ride.

 

I had just put them back together after putting in a new needle and seat. If it was dirt why would it only do it when it's cold? Thats what has me stumped.

 

thanks Geoff

[hubco]

So I went riding this past weekend and my throttle started hanging up...the very first time I fired it up it hung up really bad had to kill it to shut it off, but it only was when it was cold. I've adjusted the slides down at the tops and I adjusted the cable also at the bars.... so I then played with the way the cable was sitting and thought I got it fixed but after it was cold it do it again, I'd race around for a few and then never again on an 1-1.5hr ride.

 

I had just put them back together after putting in a new needle and seat. If it was dirt why would it only do it when it's cold? Thats what has me stumped.

 

thanks Geoff

If you had the slides out of the carbs when you worked on them you might have put the cable holder clip with the 2 screws in backwards if you had that apart. That piece with the 2 screws has a hole in it that you have to line up to let the air out when you open the throttle. Otherwise you basically have a piston inside a cylinder and if you open the throttle and force the air in the carb out either the top threads or around the slide when you let off the throttle it is now under a vacuum and wont close. Just a thought maybe to check.