first throttle body sync help

Post by **boxermania** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:05 pm

Now, where are you going to get all that good information and for free!!

Thanks def38 and CycleRob.....in my case a small donation to the boxermania retirement fund will be greatly appreciated, I want to buy an island of the coast of Bali.

A few of us enjoy sharing our experiences with the rest albeit we continue to learn everyday....why just the other day while driving a nail I hit my thumb......you would guess that after all these years I would have learned something......nooo, and it hurt like heck.

Did I tell you about the time that I pumped the tires on the bike to 100 psi and I got 82 mpg!!!!.....you didn't believe that did you?

Sunbeemer · Post by **Sunbeemer** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:26 pm

Dr. Strangelove, I don't think you need (or should oil) your valve cover gaskets before reassembling them....I believe they are meant to be cleaned of all oil. and the head and valve cover mating surfaces are too, before reinstalling (if you use them again, which I've done ~ 3 times before they don't seal anymore in the hot Florida weather).

def38 · Post by **def38** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:37 pm

When reinstalling the OHV covers, dry all the surfaces/gaskets of oil before reassembly otherwise, you will experience leaks.

Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:49 pm

Mea culpa--for some reason I thought I was supposed to lightly grease the gaskets.

After 650 miles to the Fl panhandle and then the long way back, The L side was clean; the R side had a smudge of grease/ road gradue on the bottom side.

the bike continues to perform nicely after the TB sync and valve adj. Mileage was just under 47 to just over 50 mpg on 89 and 91/3 octane.

Mine buzzes some under acceleration mostly at around 5000-> <6000 rpm, but it always did that; that did not change after the work.

My T Meister got a little out of adj when I had to ride in pouring rain for a few hours and there is some very slight slack in the throttle cable which may also need some lubrication???--seems to slightly bind a little infrequently.

Thanks again to all for the pointers and the discussion.

John

Sunbeemer · Post by **Sunbeemer** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:18 pm

Funny thing about lubrication - sometimes it's good, sometimes it isn't. In the case of valve cover gaskets and throttle cables, it isn't! The throttle cables have a teflon inner sheath that is "self-lubricating" and adding any lube to it will probably ruin it. The binding means that something else is up - maybe the sheath is worn through, but it's probably something mechanical.

Post by **Buckster** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:16 am

Sunbeamer is right. I went to my dealer yesterday to pick up some things for some service I was going to do to my bike. I was going to get some cable lubrication and the guy told me not to use it or it could actually ruin the cables.

Post by **Dr. Strangelove** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:07 am

It very well could've been the weather--it was a driving hard rain and it cooled down enough that I used my heated grips.

Now that it is home and dry there is no binding--it could be some road grime accumulating in the t meister mechanism.

If it rears its head again it might be a trip to the dealer.