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Fabian

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Just playing around with the NT carburettor to do back to back comparisons with my previously installed diaphragm carburettor.

All ready to get the show on the road and head to my favourite "dyno hill", but when opening the throttle i found nothing more than a handful of idle.
Didn't take me long to work out that the throttle cable had broken, and then the sense of fear that streams through a mans body when he prays to Chr*st that the cable broke at the throttle tube and not the carburettor slide. Making matters even more concerning is that a freshly rebuilt engine had been assembled and installed the day before with all the care and diligence of a Red Bull Formula 1 team mechanic.

When i realised that the throttle tube end of the cable was intact i really started to soil my undergarments because of obvious consequences i.e. a solid piece of metal sucked through a brand new engine.

It must have been my lucky day when i lifted the carburettor slide out of the carburettor body to find the cable end sitting on the venturi floor.

This is the first throttle cable (in many) that has broken off at the carburettor end. Typically i get 6,000 kilometers (approx 3,700 miles) out of a throttle cable before it breaks at the twist point of the throttle tube.

I guess today was my lucky day because it could have become real messy at wide open throttle with a cable end going through the engine.
This situation is another example of the benefits of a diaphragm carburettor over a float style carburettor, because the cable inner is on the outside instead of the inside.

 
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Wow, ya learn something new everyday.That's a problem that I've never considered.It would've made some neat noises and neater internal embossing before something seized.Also, I gotta get a new camera, mine can't do those type shots for d**k.
 
Photo was taken using a Samsung Galaxy S4 Camera Phone, but my old Galaxy S2 Camera Phone had proper macro settings which made it much easier to get fast focus for close in shots.
 
I have never seen that before.
maybe your throttle allows more pull than there is slide movement
 
I am a professional when it comes to pulling the throttle, typically being a hard and fast action, and my throttle is always adjusted to perfection with the perfect amount of pull for slide movement; a fostered action that has worked equally well in my relationships, so i am not changing a perfected technique based on something you have never seen before.

Maybe you should spend more time engaging in recreational activity; in a consensual manner with your throttle slide...
 
ha! you are too funny Fabian.
I was just saying that if the throttle pull exceeds the avaialable movement of the slide that then there would be suficient tension (at full throttle) to put stress on the cable till it breaks at the weakest spot.
 
I am a professional when it comes to pulling the throttle, typically being a hard and fast action, and my throttle is always adjusted to perfection with the perfect amount of pull for slide movement; a fostered action that has worked equally well in my relationships, so i am not changing a perfected technique based on something you have never seen before.

Maybe you should spend more time engaging in recreational activity; in a consensual manner with your throttle slide...
But, the surgical replacement when "that" cable end comes off is,... well I don't want to see the pics.
 
ha! you are too funny Fabian.

I do have a dry sense of humor, but not everyone sees it like it is, especially some of my ex-girlfriends when trying to explain that they used to be tighter than a new ring package, furthermore i had no idea who this unknown person by the name of "Jennifer" was, even though she popped up in my phone leaving many messages, offering to provide a better piston to wall seal than my current package.

I have no idea why women over react so badly when going through my phone messages and encountering a new name; offering improved product support.
 
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Crikey, i need the moderators to give me a swift kick up the backside to get the thread i created back on topic after i took a wrong left turn at Albuquerque.

Back on top,,,,, i mean back on topic we must go!
 
@ grinningremlin

All i can say is that had the cable nipple gone through the engine, it would have machined the bore to include a mini boost-port, that went all the way to the cylinder head.
 
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