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 Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!! 
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Post Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Here's how you boys can keep your throttle cables from freezing up.

Take a hyperdermic needle and fill it with anti freeze. Then shoot as much as will go into your throttle cable from the handle part of your throttle. Treat your cable once a year and you'll always be good to go.

Its not the cable that's freezing. Just the moisture that collects in it.

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
thats a damn good idea

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Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:29 am
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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Thanks Shafer. I was wonderin if a lil antifreeze would work or not.

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Thanks TJ! Your so smart! I wish we could converse regularly on de phone ;)


Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:59 am
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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Great News !!! 'Bout how much should we shoot off in there and what ifin' I spill ..... will it cause discolorations ?

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Should we disconnect the throttle cable and turn it vertically so the fluid can run down the throttle cable?

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
i figured there should be enough downward slope on the cable it would flow...just put it in till it fills up

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
get as much downward flow down the cable as possible, but wouldnt think youde need to disconnect the cable (i didnt).

brooks...shoot as much antifreeze in that sucker as you can. and dont worry bout spillin it. just a little extra for the neighborhood cats to take care of. :D

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
My cable froze saturday morning.. Got her freed then went hunting..

Remembered dis thread and used a cajun injecter and some Anti freez. I took the cable off the back of the carb and raised my handle where both ends were facing up. put a lil bit and work the cable back and forth. It takes a while cause my needle was too big , but it got the job done and my cable didnt freeze the next morning.

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Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:04 am
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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
Mine was frozen Sat too, so I went to look for some anti-freeze nd every swinging d*ck in the area bought all the anti-freeze( b?c they put water in their radiators all the time, etc>>>) so I had some subzero washer fluid with the deicer in it and that worked out great too.

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Post Re: Keep Throttle Cable from Freezing!!!
I just drove around yesterday with mine freezing then thaw then refreeze. Kind of fun to never know if you can throttle up or down.

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