Throttle Control; Tools, Servicing Aids; Removing Trigger Lockout, Throttle Trigger And Throttle Linkage - Stihl MS 500i Service Manual

16 Throttle Control

16.1

Tools, Servicing Aids

Pin punch, 5 mm
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16.2 Removing Trigger Lockout, Throttle Trigger and
Throttle Linkage
Preparations, @ 3.1.
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Remove the filter cover
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Remove the air filter.
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Remove the filter base, @ 15.2.
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Remove the throttle body and sleeve, @ 15.4.
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Hold the handle molding (1) steady.
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Disengage the retaining lugs on the handle
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molding (1).
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6
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Depress the lockout lever (6) and hold it in that
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position.
Swing the handle molding (1) upwards, making sure
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the lockout lever (6) and torsion spring (3) do not pop
out.
Remove the handle molding (1).
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Swing the lockout lever (6) upwards and lift it away.
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Pull the throttle linkage (2) out of the throttle trigger
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(4).
Use a 5 mm pin punch to drive the pin (5) out of the
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handle housing.
Take out the throttle lever (4) together with the torsion
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spring (3).
Take the torsion spring (3) off the throttle trigger (4).
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