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Update: my 12 mile snowmachine trail fix in Fairbanks became a 3 weekend nightmare
I broke down about 12 miles out of Fairbanks on a cold Saturday near the Chena River, and a snapped throttle cable turned into three full weekends of pure frustration. I figured it was a quick swap, maybe an hour in the garage with a basic wrench set. Instead the old cable was frozen inside the housing and would not budge, so I tried heat, then penetrating oil, then a thin wire to push it through, and nothing worked. I finally gave up and cut the whole housing off, only to find the new cable I ordered from a shop in Anchorage was two inches too short. That mistake cost me another week and $60 in rush shipping. People keep saying small engine work is simple, but nobody warns you how fast a frozen cable turns into a full teardown in 20 degree weather. Has anyone else dealt with a throttle cable freezing up mid ride, and did you find a way to keep it from happening again?
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felix15510d ago
Man that sounds brutal! Three weekends fighting a frozen cable in Fairbanks cold is no joke. Here is what I want to know though, when you cut that housing off, did you find water inside it or was it just ice packed in there from condensation? I ask because if it was water, that tells you the cable was letting moisture in somewhere and a new one will just do the same thing unless you seal it up. What are you running now, and have you tried the cable lube tools that clamp on and force oil through the whole housing?
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