1 Nasty surprise Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:51 am
Ned
Life time member
Dear Brick Pilots,
I had a bit of an unpleasant surprise the other day. Just as I was thinking nice thoughts about her reliability and congratulating myself on getting her to be so, she surprised me by jamming the throttle open in the middle of the morning traffic.
I was lucky to be able to get to the kill switch in time and pull over into an empty car park A quick inspection showed that pushing on the throttle bar (idle screw) I was able to close the throttle and clear some kind of a mechanical interference. I have no idea what caused the problem.
When I got to work I played with the mechanics but could not repeat the problem. However, I felt that the throttle feels a bit gummed up. It does not close shut with a snap even after spraying lube at all things that move.
I feel that I have to take the throttle handle apart and inspect the handle bar mechanics.
The question is: what is the best lube to use on the throttle linkages and handlebar mechanics and is there anything tricky about servicing that part of the throttle mechanics. Also, is there anything I can service/do when I have all of that apart.
I had a bit of an unpleasant surprise the other day. Just as I was thinking nice thoughts about her reliability and congratulating myself on getting her to be so, she surprised me by jamming the throttle open in the middle of the morning traffic.
I was lucky to be able to get to the kill switch in time and pull over into an empty car park A quick inspection showed that pushing on the throttle bar (idle screw) I was able to close the throttle and clear some kind of a mechanical interference. I have no idea what caused the problem.
When I got to work I played with the mechanics but could not repeat the problem. However, I felt that the throttle feels a bit gummed up. It does not close shut with a snap even after spraying lube at all things that move.
I feel that I have to take the throttle handle apart and inspect the handle bar mechanics.
The question is: what is the best lube to use on the throttle linkages and handlebar mechanics and is there anything tricky about servicing that part of the throttle mechanics. Also, is there anything I can service/do when I have all of that apart.