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I have had my ProClimb M8 throttle stick wide open on me several times ... not a good feeling in the trees. Anyway, the first time I noticed the throttle cable had some play in it so I adjusted that out. But it still happens.

What should I be checking for now?

 

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i noticed the safty switch on mine is not working .dealer is going to look at it.throttle cable does need to be tightened when new .dealer should have done that .

 

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Yeah machine should die if throttle sticks!

Could be moisture freezing in your cable.

First thing i would look for is frayed cables as it enters the sleeve.

My cable was too tight when i got it tripping the safty switch and bogging i loosened it up and all is good now.

Check how they route the cables if you ziptie them to the steering post it creates too tight of a turn for the cable.

-Aksnopro

 

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Thanks.

I will look for any freyed cable. I put it in my shop for the weekend to try to dry any moisture that could have been freezing. The trouble is I can't duplicate the problem in my shop as to isolate the source. The throttle only wants to stick when you are in a situation where you really don't want to be distracted by slamming into trees at full throttle.

 

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GET A TETHER!

 

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I had a similar problem last weekend the linkage from the throttle body to the oil pump had fallen off the knuckle joint.

 

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Thanks. I will look at that.

 

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• Jan 23, 2012

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sw Pub said:

Thanks. I will look at that.

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If it was moisture, use a cable luber to get the moisture out or you might have the same problem later.

 

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• Jan 24, 2012

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I had my throttle cable stick on my '07 M8. Turned out it melted and stuck when cool and then freed up. Then I needed to adjust the throttle cable (kinda like the OP). Happened over and over until I figured it out. Lucky the TORS worked.

So this year when setting up the sled, I heat taped my throttle cable and fuel line where they came too close to the pipe for me. I didn't want "deja vu".
Something to check?

In '07 I was told to keep the snow off my hood LOL. In '08 they came with heat shield and a wrap.

 

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9071000 said:

i noticed the safty switch on mine is not working .dealer is going to look at it.throttle cable does need to be tightened when new .dealer should have done that .

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don't forget they need freeplay. it should have been set up if u payed for PDI

 

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madness said:

don't forget they need freeplay. it should have been set up if u payed for PDI

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Lots of things should be done if you pay for PDI but aren't, someone in our group got theirs with no chain case oil in it and a front shock bolt with the nut finger tight, oh also not a check mark on the PDI sheet that came with it. NICE.