Hey all,
I have a 2003 Bullet 500es, Electric + Kickstart
So while starting the bike after a bit of riding the other day, I must've flooded the engine after some failures. That's when I noticed the throttle assembly pulled in much of the cable, and wasn't snapping back. Anyways, today I could start it again. This time I had to disassemble the throttle housing and take out the cable. Now i can start it (only with kickstart) and rev by pulling the throttle cable manually outside of the housing.
So here are pics of the cable. A couple questions -
1) I'm not certain but is there a piece missing that clamps around the end of the cable for the snap back action, but stays on the outside of the assembly? I marked an arrow in Pic A..
If that's the case, can I just get that clamp piece separate and re-attach? Or does this need an entire throttle cable replacement?
2) If entire cable replacement, is this something I can do on my own. I've never even taken the tank off before..
3) In pic B, i'm pulling the cable while the engine is running to show the health of it here for more visual info. Not sure if this looks too chewed up to you all (?)
Any suggestions on where to go from here would be great..
Thanks
Vishal