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Posted by Hoppy
 - October 15, 2010, 08:19:51 AM

And....take very special care to not pinch any wires inside the switch housing during re-assembly of the  housing.
Hoppy

Posted by scamp62
 - October 14, 2010, 21:35:01 PM

Thanks chief !!
It is an OEM will give a go this weekend.

TC, what did you cut the old left hand grip with ??
And what type of glue did you use to hold the new one on with ?

Posted by TC
 - October 14, 2010, 17:05:57 PM

 Chief is right on the money.
Make sure you get a set of grips with the sleeve in the throttle grip.
You will probably have to cut the left grip off as it usually is glued on..
I replaced mine on my 800 and not that tough a deal.

Posted by chief
 - October 14, 2010, 12:07:45 PM

Its simple... if you are replacing with oem, the new throttle grip will have the sleeve with it.

I don't have an 800, but I have done this on carb'd bikes before, and have replaced grips on my 1500 several times.

Basically, the throttle is a push/pull deal so there are two cables.

1) loosen the adjuster nuts on the cables to give it some slack.
2) open up the throttle housing. You will see where the cables connect to the throttle sleeve. Note which goes where. Remove the cables from the sleeve.
3) You should be able to slide the grip and sleeve off the bars now.

Put the new grip and sleeve on, reconnect the cables... make sure they are in the right place, close up the throttle housing and adjust the adjuster nuts. You should be good from there.

If you are replacing with aftermarket grips, you may have to get a new sleeve. Its a lot easier than trying to remove the oem grip from the existing sleeve.

Posted by scamp62
 - October 13, 2010, 23:58:18 PM

I need to replace the throttle & grip assembly  on my bike !
Anybody out there done this ?
Umm....how did you do this ?
Have a service manual, but can't find it in there.
Any information would be helpful !!

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