Choke cable too short

[BrianKD]

I ordered a choke cable for an 2004 to put on a 1998. It seems to short to fit. It's as if I need one more centimeter to get it onto the carb grove.

Is the choke cable a different length between a 98 and an 04 model?

Is there a correct way to put the choke cable on that gives you the necessary slack to pull the sheath into place?

When I install the choke cable first on the handlebar control, the spring on the carb end already looks compressed.

(a MB search revealed this thread: http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=18925.0 ...but the "answer" is 404'rd)

Thanks,
Brian

[erbilabuc]

turn the steering wheel all the way to the left and turn the adjuster screws all the way in.
did you try this yet?

[BrianKD]

Yep, did both.

I confess, I shaved off a few millimeters off of the choke lever-ring thing up on handle bar so it could turn farther forward than it was meant to and therefore give me the extra centimeter of clearance I needed.