Me again, ape install question....
#11
Everyone seems to be assuming that I dont have a service manual. In fact I do
have one.
I couldn't find anything in the index that pointed me to the right place, and its a fat book.
Thought asking here would be faster than reading the whole book
I looked up throttle cables and the only entries I could find didn't mention removing them.
I have everything off the bike and disconnected at the end that connect to the throttle body.
All the actual cables are disconnected at both ends and its sitting on my work bench.
i just need to get them disconnected from the housing where the rigid little "elbows" attach to the housing.
So the consensus is to just pull hard and they will pop out?
have one.
I couldn't find anything in the index that pointed me to the right place, and its a fat book.
Thought asking here would be faster than reading the whole book
I looked up throttle cables and the only entries I could find didn't mention removing them.
I have everything off the bike and disconnected at the end that connect to the throttle body.
All the actual cables are disconnected at both ends and its sitting on my work bench.
i just need to get them disconnected from the housing where the rigid little "elbows" attach to the housing.
So the consensus is to just pull hard and they will pop out?
This vid should clinch it for you:
http://www.ehow.com/video_5538516_re...bar-grips.html
Last edited by jimmers1817; 08-06-2010 at 04:38 PM.
#12
I just poked the ferrules out from the sides with a small screwdriver or dentist tool. No hard pulling or pushing.
This vid should clinch it for you:
http://www.ehow.com/video_5538516_re...bar-grips.html
This vid should clinch it for you:
http://www.ehow.com/video_5538516_re...bar-grips.html
The ferrules arent the problem. Never were.
The problem is where the "L" shaped hard cable housings
connect to the switch housing.
Its not real obvious how they can be removed. Apparently some pulling and twisting should do the trick.
#14
Keep on
Forge
#15
I just did an ape install on my first bike, no prior bike experience and it wasn't that hard.. but then again I build race engines, and fabricate for a hobby so I'm pretty mechanical and good at problem solving.....
but..... I had the same issue you had, the stock "L" that goes into the bottom of the housing wouldn't come out, I just pulled with even force while twisting back and forth eventually it came out as it should have. I was just really worried that I'd break something and didn't want to grab them with pliers. Just a lot of even outward force to pull straight out and they should pop for ya.
oh and I don't have a manual either, don't feel that I needed one at all. it's all pretty easy if you reverse what you did to take all the stock crap off.
#16
I got stalled though. Went to mount the new risers and wouldn't you know it,
they sent the wrong bushings!
Now I'm on hold till the right ones come in...
#17
but..... I had the same issue you had, the stock "L" that goes into the bottom of the housing wouldn't come out, I just pulled with even force while twisting back and forth eventually it came out as it should have. I was just really worried that I'd break something and didn't want to grab them with pliers. Just a lot of even outward force to pull straight out and they should pop for ya.
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#20
Everyone seems to be assuming that I dont have a service manual. In fact I do
have one.
I couldn't find anything in the index that pointed me to the right place, and its a fat book.
Thought asking here would be faster than reading the whole book
I looked up throttle cables and the only entries I could find didn't mention removing them.
I have everything off the bike and disconnected at the end that connect to the throttle body.
All the actual cables are disconnected at both ends and its sitting on my work bench.
i just need to get them disconnected from the housing where the rigid little "elbows" attach to the housing.
So the consensus is to just pull hard and they will pop out?
have one.
I couldn't find anything in the index that pointed me to the right place, and its a fat book.
Thought asking here would be faster than reading the whole book
I looked up throttle cables and the only entries I could find didn't mention removing them.
I have everything off the bike and disconnected at the end that connect to the throttle body.
All the actual cables are disconnected at both ends and its sitting on my work bench.
i just need to get them disconnected from the housing where the rigid little "elbows" attach to the housing.
So the consensus is to just pull hard and they will pop out?
Also, let me appologize if I seemed abrasive in my first post in your thread. That was not my intention. I sometimes forget that we all need a starting point and I've been riding since I was 7 and tinkering on bikes and cars since I was 14.
I believe taht if you look in your service manual under control housings it will tell you to firmly pull on the cable end (after you've diconnected everything else) with a "rocking motion". I know mine does. Is there anyone you ride with that can swing by and give you a hand? Sometimes just having a budy close by will get you through the harder parts. If you're anywhere close to Fredericksburg, VA I'll be happy to swing by, drink your beer and give you the occasional pointer.
Good luck. You'll be fine. Don't forget to post pics when you're don.
Christian