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[TR] TR6 Sticking Choke Cable

Subject: [TR] TR6 Sticking Choke Cable
From: levilevi at comcast.net (Bud Rolofson)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:30:50 -0600
References: <20110802184048.SYU92.91526.root@cdptpa-web17-z01>
Some choke cables locked in place when you turn the knob.  Try turning  
the cable within its sheath.  Probably counterclockwise if I remember  
how my choke worked on my first TR6 (a 72).

Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle)
Z-50A Hardly Davidson 1977 Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)
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On Aug 2, 2011, at 12:40 PM, <floridatr6 at cfl.rr.com> <floridatr6 at 
cfl.rr.com 
 > wrote:

> No ideas on a sticking choke cable?
>
> Joe
>
>
> ---- floridatr6 at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Been a while since I've posted here and glad to be back.
>>
>> The choke cable in my 72 TR6 is sticking in place.  I took the knob  
>> off and used a set of robo-grips to move it back and forth and gave  
>> it a squirt of Wurth 2000.  Nothing seems to work.  The cables are  
>> not kinked (but are very long.  The carb connections move freely so  
>> I don't THINK that is the problem.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> Joe B
>> Cocoa, FL
>> 72 TR6
>>
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