CHOKE DOESN'T WORK

[blaine]

Originally Posted by Rookie Rider

But why would someone remove it ?

I have no idea.Have a look at your carb on the left side,if there is a cable entering the carb with a 14mm nut,that is your choke cable,then you can trace it back to the bars.
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[Water Warrior 2]

Choke lever is just to the right of the hi/lo beam switch on the handlbars. It moves towards the rider to engage and towards the front of the bike to disengage. It should move smoothly with a small amount of drag to hold it in place when you set it prior to start up. Notice the white arrow in the pic. Shows direction of travel to engage choke.

[Rookie Rider]

Thank you fellas

[dspdr]

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and am having a choke issue.
I dont have a lever attached to the choke cable. it has a wire wrapped around it when you need to use it. Well my bike wont turn over now and the cable wont move. Could I have pulled it too far using the attached wire?? Is there anyway to NOT use the choke to start the bike?? If NOT, do I need to take it off the carb and replace it?? I have the manual and its not clear.
Thank you in advance for your help..

[blaine]

Originally Posted by dspdr

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and am having a choke issue.
I dont have a lever attached to the choke cable. it has a wire wrapped around it when you need to use it. Well my bike wont turn over now and the cable wont move. Could I have pulled it too far using the attached wire?? Is there anyway to NOT use the choke to start the bike?? If NOT, do I need to take it off the carb and replace it?? I have the manual and its not clear.
Thank you in advance for your help..

Welcome.You really need a new cable & lever,for the bike to start effortlessly,without harming the starter.The cable just unbolts from the side of the carb.It is a 14mm nut.
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[dspdr]

Welcome.You really need a new cable & lever,for the bike to start effortlessly,without harming the starter.The cable just unbolts from the side of the carb.It is a 14mm nut.
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thank you

[Cujo]

Hey everyone....

So I'm having the same problem Grego had. My bike sat for a long time and now the choke lever won't budge at all.

I took the handlebar housing apart and took the lever off of the cable, and the cable definitely is stuck. I poured penetrating oil on the cable part hoping it will go down the tube, but it hasn't improved anything as of yet.

Here's my (bigger) problem.... I removed my gas tank so that I could remove the starter plunger 14mm nut off the carb, but the nut is completely stuck on there. As much as I try, it won't budge, even after putting oil on the nut as well. And the more I tried to force it, the more the carb moved and made me afraid that the carb would dislodge from the engine.

So, any suggestions on how I can get that nut off so that I can fix or replace that cable?

Thanks all!

[5th_bike]

Well I would first try to get the cable going because then you don't have to remove the nut. I once read that a good way of getting oil in the cable is to take a plastic ziploc and cut a tiny corner off it, feed the cable through, then tape the plastic to the outer cable, then pour some oil in the bag and it will easily run down the inside of the cable. I would just use motor oil like they recommend.

Second, about the nut, penetrating oil takes some time, (I figured you used like WD-40) so just give it a rest and try again tomorrow.


Good luck.

[Cujo]

Originally Posted by 5th_bike

Well I would first try to get the cable going because then you don't have to remove the nut. I once read that a good way of getting oil in the cable is to take a plastic ziploc and cut a tiny corner off it, feed the cable through, then tape the plastic to the outer cable, then pour some oil in the bag and it will easily run down the inside of the cable. I would just use motor oil like they recommend.

Second, about the nut, penetrating oil takes some time, (I figured you used like WD-40) so just give it a rest and try again tomorrow.


Good luck.

I never thought about the ziploc, that's a very good idea which I'll try tomorrow. I did oil up the nut and cable as much as I could and planned to leave it for a day or two, so hopefully it'll work with time. Thanks a lot for the suggestion!

[Water Warrior 2]

Automatic transmission oil will work as a penetrating oil. It will clean and lube a cable quite nicely.