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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: Rema1000 on February 26, 2006, 09:44:30 PM

Title: choke sticks when cold
Post by: Rema1000 on February 26, 2006, 09:44:30 PM
My choke started sticking a bit about a year ago.  I've been lubing it with Lock-Ease (a spray like WD-40, but graphite based).  Now that it's cold out, I'm finding that the only way I can set the choke in the morning, is to push on the carburetor-mounted choke lever, while pushing on the handlebar-mounted choke lever.  What works best, is to set the choke when I park the bike, when the cable is warm.

Do I have some kind of goo in my choke cable?  Are there any good cable lubricants for winter use?
Title: Re: choke sticks when cold
Post by: Egaeus on February 27, 2006, 09:40:16 AM
Have you tried real cable lubricant?  The kind with the dealy that you put on the end to force the lube into the cable? 
Title: Re: choke sticks when cold
Post by: scratch on February 27, 2006, 09:47:21 AM
Is the lever, the metal slide or the cable sticking?  Or, is it just the plungers?