Well i got my bike all apart trying to get the carbs out. I got every taken apart but i can not get the choke cable off the carb to save my life. Someone please help me!!
luke
Check out this photo. If you need me to I can create a "marked-up" version, but I think I can talk you through without it.
(http://www.bbburma.net/MiscFotos/100_0130_ChokeCableCloseUp.jpg)
See where the right end of the spring is seated? There's a kind of housing there that surrounds the metal end of the choke cable sheath. Grab that curved metal end and pull it toward the center of the bike - out of the housing that's part of the carb body.
Once the metal end of the cable sheath is free, you will have plenty of slack to do the rest of the job. Compress the spring toward the metal cable sheath to get it out of the way. Then push the visible part of the choke cable down with your fingertip. You need to rotate the ball at the end of the cable until the cable is pointing straight down. At that point the cable will slide right out of that little notch in the retainer.
EDIT: Changed link from sisna.com to bbburma.net
First loosen the adjuster at the handlebar, that'll give you some slack so you can pull the sleeve out of the cable housing on the carb (pull left). Next, drop the cable down a little and forward diagonally to thread out the cable. Push the spring forward to get it off and swing the cable down so you can get the barrel connector out of the actuating arm. You may need a little, tiny flat screwdriver to persuade the barrel out.
Hope this helps!
Hey,
Thanks alot guys, i appreciate it. Someone must have taken this apart before i bought it because that spring is on the metal peice and not on the cable. Anyway, before i decided to clean the carbs out my bike was idleing really high like it had the choke on all the time. So when i got down to the carb, the problem i was having getting the choke cable off was that there wasnt any slack , and pushing the choke lever didnt give any slack at all. So im assuming there was a problem with the cable and there jsut wasnt any slack. I ended up snipping the wire and the shop i called said they could mlake me a new one. So hopefully i solved my previous problem without even setting out to do it. Long story short i got the carbs out. Thanks for the replies though.
Luke
luke,
you need any help hit me up. I teach on saturday morning, but i should be around the rest of the weekend. I've had my carbs in and out a couple times so I should be able to help ya.
Jake