frozen throttle and clutch cables..

[4cfed]

good il wisconsin.. blaster got rained on the other day well i was working on a friends blaster in my garage.. now its 11 damn degreese out and hot heat in the garage... my throttle cable is frosen and so is my clutch cable... any thoughts on how to un freeze them?.. was thinking of taken heet ( put in your gas tank to help keep from gas line freeze) and i have some syringes from giving my son medicen , puttin the heet in the syringe and trying to squirt some down the cables??


thoughts? ideas?

 

[Blasterb0y794]

Take a heat gun, or a blow dryer. I did it all the time when they would stick.

 

[4cfed]

hmm why the hell didnt i think of that.. im thinkin im still gonna have to spray soemthing in the calbes.. last weekend my throttle would freese but would unfreese after blaster running for a few min

 

[Blasterb0y794]

Lol yeah. In my first blaster they would always freeze because they werent oiled enough.

 

[89custom]

yeah just a hair dryer or small heater, then maybe run some antifreeze down the lines with that syryinge. could help, just a guess though.

 

[4cfed]

got some wd 40.. clutch cable was free in about 3 seconds.. gotta pull the cover off the thumb throttle to get the cable.. front brake calbes were frose to..

now that its sittin in the sun i gonna pull some stuff off and lube it up and paint some stuff... new pics coming soon

 

[xjma]

careful lubing the cables...once you do it, you've gotta keep up with lubing them. I prefer to keep mine dry, but if you've got ice in them, I guess there is no choice. WD will help prevent them from icing up again. Hair dryers are key!

 

[4cfed]

found why it keeps freezing.. some how the throttle cable was resting on the pipe and melted the plastic insulation.. not sure how seeing there is no way it can touch the pipe now

 

[codykeon18]

Mine did the same thing. I just brought it in the nice heated garage and left it there for 3 days and it was unfroze and ready to go next time I wanted to ride.

 

[4cfed]

Mine did the same thing. I just brought it in the nice heated garage and left it there for 3 days and it was unfroze and ready to go next time I wanted to ride.

dont have the luxury of aheated shop or garage my garage leaks more than the titanic

 

[jtraptor660]

lube them up. but like what was said ealier once you start you need to keep doing it.

 

[4cfed]

lube them up. but like what was said ealier once you start you need to keep doing it.

plan on it... clutch has amuch better feel with the cable lubed up

 

[jtraptor660]

they always work better lubed up.

 

[4cfed]

yup that it does.. feels smoother

 

[liljatownboy]

well im in Georgia and never have those problems. LOL

 

[jtraptor660]

im in AZ. its never snowed in my town. but lube always does the trick. it has additives in it to help from the freezing temps.

 

[4cfed]

i wish i wa back in AZ usedto live in yuma when i was knee high to a grass hopper... be nice to have all the dunes to ride