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Old 06-20-2012, 10:05 PM
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Hello all. I put drag bars on my '11 nightster. i noticed the throttle grip was very tight on the bar. i put some wd40 its sliding a little better not much. i loosened both the cables to mkae it easier to install grip. bolt everything up. adjust throttle cables and the grip just sticks completely open. all the slack is taken out of both cables but the grip won't snap back at all not even a cm. i check the throttle body the cables are loose on the throttle body. the cables cannot pull the throttle body at all. how do i make the cables tighter around the body? is there anything i can do besides going to harley. i pulled the grip out a little i tightened the throttle adjustment cables at the grips. i went to the throttle body and pulled the cable at the throttle body and its loose. i could pull it off the pulley if i wanted too. both cables. its loose at the throttle body depsite taking slack out at the adjuster nuts.
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Should you have changed cables when you changed bars?
 
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Old 06-21-2012, 06:06 AM
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Loosen up the control body and slide the whole assembly to the right a bit and see if that helps. Maybe the end of the grip is dragging on the end of the bar.
 
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