Project The Dying FZ

Thanks guys, I emailed mikunioz and MCW doesn't have 77.5 jets only 77... close though.

 

So she sounds OK at the moment but I think I mentioned before really ticky... I mean really. So there's a valve or two probably needing attention - they probably settled after I polished them and yeh...

The big issue I have is the throttle cable at the moment, the sheath is falling apart (it's 635mm long) at the ends. Can you pull the end caps off (the metal ones) and re-fix them/recondition it? or should I look for a new sheath? The ends are identical and standard, one pushes into a 90 degree connector that goes to the throttle itself. Unfortunately it's a single which isn't interchangeable with the push/pull 3LN cables I have a couple of.

The thing was definitely catching and I wasn't game for a test ride with the throttle stuck on... I know wemoto sell a cable repair kit for pittance so the cable is easy enough sorted.

 

Sooo I've tried everything to fix this throttle cable issue. I need a replacement one... anyone got one? 135mm long give or take, single throttle cable. All the FZR's have dual (push/pull) and I can't get OEM and the repair kit adapters don't fit... frustrating.

I wonder if the 2KR has the same throttle cable... hmmm..... @my67xr ?

 

Yeh they're the dual push/pull ones. The FZ has a single throttle cable (pull only). I have a spare set of the duals I tried to retrofit but it's too long.

 

Typo *645mm long

 

Thanks, I'll give them both a look.

The 2KR throttle cables seem to be the same length so I'm going to pursue that instead. Yamaha locally don't even have parts diagrams for the FZ250 so that's a pain, I can't even look up part numbers (my manual doesn't have them either which is a double disappointment).

As for filing things down etc, I'm not sure with their design they would file down well. They're not hunks of aluminium/lead like the OEM ones are. The bigger problem is diameter rather than length, they're either too small or way too large. The way the cable goes through the middle with the stopping mechanism (to hold the end of the cable in) would probably be ground away if I tried to take them down to fit. Hard to explain, but I don't think it can be done with what I've got.

 

Lol think of me as a "realist" rather than a "pessimist"

in this particular circumstance I've tried everything, I heated it over the gas stove before and I found there's no soft spot it goes straight from hard to puddle in nanoseconds! But am certainly open to new ideas. An LPG torch and silver based solder I don't have and I'm reluctant to invest just to experiment at the moment. I'd rather get my hands on a 2KR throttle cable, I have ordered one from China for like $10 but I'm not sure how good it's going to be.