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Re: Sticky Midget 1500 Throttle

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Subject: Re: Sticky Midget 1500 Throttle
From: dodd@el.wpafb.af.mil (Mark A. Dodd, WL/ELOD, X55581/64158)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 07:36:08 EDT
>Does anyone have any remedies to cure a sticky throttle cable on my 
>Midget. I've tried greasing the peddle brackets and the moving bits 
>on the carbs. I find it really annoying and difficult to control, 
>sometimes it seems to be all or nothing and I think it's putting 
>premature wear on my clutch! Perhaps I should just replace the 
>cable.  
I have had pretty good luck spraying WD40 into the cable and working it by
hand to get the WD all the way through.  Wish it was a little easier to
spray in both ends though.  While you have the WD out, it wouldn't hurt to
hit the choke and heater valve cables as well.

Mark A Dodd                 Working in the dark (infrared)
email: dodd@el.wpafb.af.mil Working in the grease (MGs)
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