Choke Knob Ideas

Yarko · Post by **Yarko** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:55 pm

So, I had another choke cable snap at the right-angle kink at the knob end. I have another kicking around but I'm thinking, this being the third time such an event has happened, to forgo the knob altogether and lead a longer cable out of the knob hole and make a loop to pull on.

What do you guys think?

Also, what would be a good replacement cable for that? It needs to be flexible but not brittle.

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:28 pm

I would just do the loop thing until you get back home. I'd like to have a look at how the cable is routed. It sounds as though the first bend is too tight.

Yarko · Post by **Yarko** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:18 pm

I think there is too much friction between the hole for the knob and the choke plunger itself. I did grease the knob shaft (is that the right phrase?) and it helped for a few weeks.

I got a research grant for the summer, so I'm planning on spending the warm months here. Really is a shame that I can't make it to the sunny Sunday rides we enjoyed.

jbcollier · Post by **jbcollier** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:52 pm

Remind me again which model you have? VBA? VBB?

Yarko · Post by **Yarko** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:13 pm

It's a VLB, Sprint.

Yarko · Post by **Yarko** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:19 pm

Update:

I had an extra external and internal choke cable around so I swapped it out. The cable travels much smoother now and the old outer cable had a very hard kink in it.
The bad news: the little metal cable end of the cable decided to stay inside the frame, so I had to stick a naked external cable end in there and use electrical tape to hold it in place. I can probably fish that little piece out with some of the tools my roommate has here but I won't worry yet as it seems to hold very well.

Angelo · Post by **Angelo** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:46 am

Yarko wrote:I think there is too much friction between the hole for the knob and the choke plunger itself. I did grease the knob shaft (is that the right phrase?) and it helped for a few weeks.

I got a research grant for the summer, so I'm planning on spending the warm months here. Really is a shame that I can't make it to the sunny Sunday rides we enjoyed.

keep your thoughts to your self. I dont care to hear about you greasing your knob/shaft