Throttlemeister spins but doesn,t engage

[Warpdrv]

Loosen the allen screw and then give the whole unit a wrap with a deadblow hammer (not hard - just enough to drive it in a bit further), then tighten up the allen see if that works for ya... no need to remove allen bolt at all...

If thats not enough, do it again to push the whole unit into the handle bar a bit more.

I have to do this every fall when it gets cold out and the rubber of the grip shrinks... just needs to get a bit closer to the grip for the cam to engage.

Your not going to hurt anything with that stoopid heavy chunk of metal......

 

[Patriot]

unscrew the bolt, take of the bar end, and hit the inner piece/unit moderately with a soft hammer...reinstall and try it...if not "tightened" enough, repeat

 

[Pilot2Wheels]

unscrew the bolt, take of the bar end, and hit the inner piece/unit moderately with a soft hammer...reinstall and try it...if not "tightened" enough, repeat

The correct way to do this, is to remove the bar end and adjust the bronze sleeve. It is threaded onto the bar end weight and this threading in and out is what adjusts the clearance. The hex bolt is supposed to have blue loctite (comes with the throttlemeister when shipped) on it when you make the final adjustment. When the hex bolt and internal spacer are torqued against the handlebar insert, the bronze sleeve will "screw" in and out, which is what holds the throttle in place. Of course if the handlebar insert is in too far or out to far, the bronze sleeve won't "reach" if out too far, and will touch immediately if in too far. The bronze insert has a stop on it that allows it to screw in or out 180 degrees.

Get the installation instructions. It's anti macho to look at them, but will make sense once you do.

Wayne

 

[snackbauer]

I just installed the throttlemeister today. There are 2 rubber o-rings next to each other on the shaft that fits inside the handlebar. Compression of these 2 o-rings by tightening the cap screw keeps the entire mechanism from sliding out of the handlebar. Loosening the cap screw will remove compression on these 2 rubber o-rings, any fine adjustment to positioning of the mechanism can then be done by simply pushing it nearer to or pulling it farther from the tension ring that fits between the grip and the throttle tube. No need for hammers. Think "precision adjustment" here, not "gratuitous violence". It takes some fiddling, but when you get it right, you'll know it.