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- Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:17 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Stand problem
- Replies: 7
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Stand problem
I'm having trouble with the stand on my Series 3 Li150, which hangs too low when it is in the raised position to the point where it trails on the ground when I am cornering. I have fitted a new spring but still having the same problem. Any advice most welcome :) ! PS it's been like it since I bought...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Throttle cable
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1738
Re: Throttle cable
Thanks for the advice guys - my carb is a standard Dellorto, and the cable has a fixed circular nipple which is currently at the headset end (I assume this is the soldered nipple?). At the carb end the cable passes through a fork behind the carb and then a brass fitment with a threaded nut that can ...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:36 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Throttle cable
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5648
Re: Throttle cable
Cheers for guidance guys. From what you've said I think mine has been fitted wrong way round. What is the procedure to refit it correctly? Can I pull the cable through the outer sleeve from the headset end (where the soldered nipple currently is) and then rethread it through from the card end with t...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:21 am
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Throttle cable
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5648
Re: Throttle cable
That's really helpful - thanks Chris. As far as I'm aware it is a standard carb and the soldered nipple is a small one, so the last of your points seems to bear out that mine has been fitted the wrong way round. When you say 'pinch the sides of the throttle arm tight' do you mean the lips of the bra...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:01 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Throttle cable
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5648
Throttle cable
Forgive a daft question from a newbie, but which way round should a throttle cable be fitted - with the fixed nipple at the headset end or the carb end??
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:00 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Throttle cable
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1738
Throttle cable
Probably a daft question from a newbie, but which way round should a throttle cable be fitted - with the fixed nipple at the headset end or the carb end??