Throttle damage from tip over.

[henwil]

Hi Folks.

Well today my bike had it's first tip over. I am at my in-laws house in San Diego and my bike was parked in the driveway. When I got back from a walk the bike was laying on it's right side. It turns out my father-in-law clipped it on the left bag when pulling out. He did not even notice.

At first I thought the only damage were the scratches to the bags, frame slider and Throttle meister. Nothing serious, just cosmetic. But when I went over things later I noticed the open throttle does not return on it's own when released. Removing the Throttle meister did nothing. Opening the clamshell revealed that the alignment pin that fits in the hole on the handle bar broke off.

My head is now hurting and I will deal with it again tomorrow. Any advice on how to proceed appreciated! Thanks!

 

[SLK50]

I've repaired damaged switch housings by drilling out the sheared-off pin

and installing an appropriate sized set screw. Easy-peasy, good as new.

 

[ahchiu]

Henry, I have a extra throttle housing, if you have Yamaha OEM heated grips this won't work, I can send it down to you. Give me a call.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Alignment pin isn't really needed for throttle operation Henry.

Once you look it over and determine why it's binding, consider a wrap or three of black tape (grip tape?) under the throttle housing and tighten it up. Make sure the housing is positioned in normal location so there's no cable binding. Assuming nothing is broken, throttle should work fine until the part is replaced.

Good luck!

--G

Edit -- There's also lots of forum peeps in the SD area. Might be able to bum a part in the area or Marcus or I can over-night parts to you.

 

[wfooshee]

If the throttle housing has rotated around the handlebar any, it may be applying extra tension on one or the other of the cables, causing the bind. It was said that the pin isn't needed for throttle operation, and that's true, as long as the throttle assembly is in the right place and doesn't actually move. Thus the pin, to put it in the right place.

Drilling out the remains of the pin and cementing a set screw is a good idea, and is how I'd go about fixing it.

There is also an adjustment in one of the cables that effectively adds or removes length to the cable, and after dinking around with stuff you may have to hit that adjustment, too.

 

[mcatrophy]

...the bike was laying on its right side. It turns out my father-in-law clipped it on the left bag when pulling out. He did not even notice...

Check all the mounting lugs on the bag, they've taken quite a knock.

Not quite sure how he could miss the sound of an FJR going down, even with windows shut. Unless he's deaf as well as blind. But I guess that's between you and him, together with all the probably damaged plastic, mirror and mirror mount frame.

 

[henwil]

Thanks for the input everyone!

Drilling out the pin would not be easy since the location is not surrounded by metal. It is on the edge. I think I will just glue the pin in place and see if fixing the alignment gets rid of the binding. A new clamshell is only $35, so I will just order one of those. I will try to figure out if there are any other parts I need.

My father-in-law is hard of hearing which might be why he did not hear anything. He was also backing into a busy street which must have taken all his concentration. The neighbor said he heard it from inside his house and ran out thinking it was a car crash. Fortunately it is all very minor. Amazingly not a scratch on the FZ1 mirrors that were folded in.

 

[henwil]

Henry, I have a extra throttle housing, if you have Yamaha OEM heated grips this won't work, I can send it down to you. Give me a call.

Thanks Marcus. I do have OEM heated grips. So is there a different throttle housing P/N for heated grips?

 

[ahchiu]

Henry,

The heated grip housing is wider, the part #2D2-26282-01-00 around $55

If it hit that hard on the bars you may want to re torque the bar bolts on the triple clamp.

 

[dcarver]

Gotta love this forum.. great advice and help abounds

 

[henwil]

Yes, this forum is indeed wonderful!

I ended up super glueing the pin back in place and also cleaning up and lubricating the moving parts. That fixed the binding and I went for a 300 mile ride through Jacumba, Julian and Borrego Springs to try it out. No issues.

But I know the pin is not going to hold forever so I will order the half of the clamshell with the pin. That is all that got damaged.

It is funny how your stress level goes way up when your bike is not running!

 

[Geezer]

Yes, this forum is indeed wonderful! I ended up super glueing the pin back in place and also cleaning up and lubricating the moving parts. That fixed the binding and I went for a 300 mile ride through Jacumba, Julian and Borrego Springs to try it out. No issues. But I know the pin is not going to hold forever so I will order the half of the clamshell with the pin. That is all that got damaged. It is funny how your stress level goes way up when your bike is not running!

Super glue will not last forever because it gets too brittle. Some good epoxy. like JB Weld, might last the life of the bike.

 

[wfooshee]

Super glue has no shear strength at all, only tensile. You can lift a truck with the glue joint, but then you can pop the glue joint right off by tapping the pieces sideways to each other.

 

[Olyk12]

Did you have the printed foot rest on when it tipped over? How did they fare?

Steve

 

[henwil]

Hi Steve,

Sorry for the delay but I just got back from a trip.

Fortunately I did not have any highway pegs plugged into the frame sliders at the time. The pegs you printed me however did break during use some time back, which was surprising. The joint at the radius change does seem to be a weak spot. I made replacement ones with a 1" dowel that is working well.

Henry