marty90
Just got it firing!
(I thought this would warrant a separate post from my other one, since it seems unrelated.)
Initially things were fine, but I tried adjusting the free play screw on my ‘87 V65 Lario since I wanted to get it to respond faster. Bad idea… a bunch of things seem to have gone wrong.
First, my throttle bar stopped returning to the closed position when I took my hands off it. The throttle closes, but I have to roll it back up. There’s friction, and a feeling of plastic rubbing against plastic, when I do.
Second (after I tried loosening the screw to address the above) the free play now seems so loose that the throttle cables have too much slack. You can see in this picture that a little clip that holds the throttle cables in keeps un-clipping, I think because I have too much slack. This makes throttle response even worse.
The free play screw is pretty stuck now, too. It’s a finger screw, which doesn’t help much.
Many of these parts seem to be plastic or rubber, so given their age I’m assuming lots of it needs replacing. I can’t find any info on this in the service manual, oddly, so I’m not even sure what parts I need to look for.
Initially things were fine, but I tried adjusting the free play screw on my ‘87 V65 Lario since I wanted to get it to respond faster. Bad idea… a bunch of things seem to have gone wrong.
First, my throttle bar stopped returning to the closed position when I took my hands off it. The throttle closes, but I have to roll it back up. There’s friction, and a feeling of plastic rubbing against plastic, when I do.
Second (after I tried loosening the screw to address the above) the free play now seems so loose that the throttle cables have too much slack. You can see in this picture that a little clip that holds the throttle cables in keeps un-clipping, I think because I have too much slack. This makes throttle response even worse.
The free play screw is pretty stuck now, too. It’s a finger screw, which doesn’t help much.
Many of these parts seem to be plastic or rubber, so given their age I’m assuming lots of it needs replacing. I can’t find any info on this in the service manual, oddly, so I’m not even sure what parts I need to look for.