frozen throttle cable

ok it was pretty flippin cold this weekend.

went out to ride took teryx out of garage and was fine went for a little ride brought back firewood and it sat outside for a while.

went back out to go for another ride and would only idle LOL froze solid. put back in garage to warm up (PIA to push that thing it is freaking heavy) lubed up the part of the cable that i could see by pedal. THEN . . . . . went for another ride and this time it stuck in reverse with gas on LOL had to use key to stop it

I have not went through water since we went way back in december. it wasnt do deep but i did do some heavy splashing in the creek to wash off mud LOL

question is, how do you stop this from happening and what can i use to lube the cable to try and prevent it from happening. when i raced quads we just used WD-40

BUT its gonna be a job to pull all the stuff off to get to the throttle cable. would like to not have to do this every time i hit some deep water.

on top of all that i think i am getting the FLU.

YOU BIG DUMMY YOU GOT TO GET OFF YOUR BIG ASS AND RIDE ONCE IN AWHILE. THAT THING IS RUSTED UP FROM SETTING AROUND ALL WINTER. YOUR LIKE THE JET MAN. YOU GONNA RIDE AT 5 POINTS WITH US THIS WEEKEND.

I would just replace it and not fool with it. It is not that expensive of a part. It just happens from time to time. Its going to happen to us all except for Commander owners.

WELL TBONE YOU HAVE TO RIDE THE CANNED HAM FOR IT TO HAPPEN TO IT FIRST, AND BIGBEN MINE DOES IT AND JUST LET THE MOTOR WARM UP FOR ABOUT 5 MINS AND IT WILL WORK JUST DONT FLOOR IT TO START IT AND YOU CAN SPRAY THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE CABLE WITH THAT DE ICER BUT EASYER TO LET MOTOR WARM UP FIRST

TBONE21 wrote:

I would just replace it and not fool with it. It is not that expensive of a part. It just happens from time to time. Its going to happen to us all except for Commander owners.

phmixson wrote:

WELL TBONE YOU HAVE TO RIDE THE CANNED HAM FOR IT TO HAPPEN TO IT FIRST, AND BIGBEN MINE DOES IT AND JUST LET THE MOTOR WARM UP FOR ABOUT 5 MINS AND IT WILL WORK JUST DONT FLOOR IT TO START IT AND YOU CAN SPRAY THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE CABLE WITH THAT DE ICER BUT EASYER TO LET MOTOR WARM UP FIRST

The can am is throttle by wire. Computer controlled. No cable. This sounds like the cable is giving trouble and is a warning. I would replace it

mine has done it once when it was 20 degrees but not since

Ben check your owners manuel there's a maint. place in there that will tell you how and when to lube things but for me I lube stuff more often than recommended. Phil's also right on this 1.... Warm it up first.

hey chris to let you know i am right on alot of things

tried warming it up and it didnt work left it in warm garage over night and it was fine untill i went back out into the cold again LOL

guess now i need to find out how much one of these cables are.

ok yes mine worked fine after it warmed up and was good the rest of the time an hassent benn any trouble since hey sent my clutch to vforce john supose to get it back thursday and run it this weekend at 5 points i will let you know if its worth it or not i know all the other reveiws are good so im sure i will be another go reveiw

yeah i wanna know how it goes.

if it is easy to do maybe you can swing by ravenswood and show me whats all involved tearing that bad boy apart. and i will send mine off too.

also thinking about the hunterworks air filter kit and the stop kit?

i got a uni filter for mine nothing else done to air filter

phmixson , Im sure you will be happy with v-force john. I used to have a brute force and his clutch work is un-matched , he knows KAWs

You will love john's mod. Ben I think jim bob is right you need to use it more.lol Right under the center console where the cable goes on TB ,it is easy to get to for lube.

do you remove the cable to lube?

no i didnt remove to lube mine