Throttle Cable - Honda CB350 Repair Manual

16 MAINTENANCE
tions. Cable adjustment must always be
maintained at the proper specification. If
the cable has insufficient free—play, the
clutch will slip and rapidly burn out; if it
is too great, the clutch will not com—
pletely disengage.
Before adjusting the clutch, apply a
fewshots of chassis grease to the adjuster
grease fitting and operate the clutch lever
a few times to distribute the grease. The
clutch cable should also be well—lubri—
cated.
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Clutch cable free—play is measuredat the tip of the
clutch lever
1. The clutch lever should be able to
be moved 10—20 mm (0.4—0.8 in.) mea—
sured at the tip of the lever before the
clutch begins to disengage. If clutch
operation is not satisfactory after this ad—
justment is made, proceed as follows:
2. Loosen the locknut on the handle—
bar adjuster and screw the adjuster into
the lever housing to give as much slack in
the cable as possible.
3. Loosen the locknut on the cable ad—
juster located at the top of the left rear
crankcase cover, and screw the adjuster
into the crankcase cover.
4. Loosen the locknut on the pushrod
adjuster located on the left rear crankcase
cover. Screw the adjusting screw coun—
terclockwise until a noticeable resistance
is felt, then turn the adjusting screw
clockwise % turn. Tighten the locknut.
5. Back the cable adjuster on the
crankcase out until there is approxi—
mately 10—20 mm (0.4—0.8 in.) of free—
play measured at the tip of the lever.
Tighten the locknut.
6. Minor adjustments can be made at
the handlebar adjuster.
7. Use the handlebar adjuster to main—
tain the correct amount of free—play.
Adjusting the clutch
THROTTLE CABLE
The throttle cable free—play should be
adjusted after the idle speed. This proce—
dure is given in the "Tune—Up" chapter.
The standard throttle cable free—play is
10—15° ofgrip rotation for all models. The
cable should be well lubricated before at—
tempting to adjust free—play.
360 Models
1. Loosen the locknut on the cable ad—
juster located near the twist—grip and
screw the adjuster in to give the max—
imum amount of free—play.
2. Loosen the locknut on the lower ad—
juster. Turn the adjuster until there is ap—
proximately 10—15° of play at the twist—
grip, then tighten the locknut.
3. Fine adjustment is accomplished
with the adjuster near the twist—grip. Be
sure to tighten all locknuts when the ad—
justment is correct. Check cable opera—
tion and free—play when the handlebars
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Throttle cable adjusters (2 and 3) and locknut (1)
(360)