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Idle too high
- 6leafclover
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Now that I think about it, if your throttle cable is too tight, and you don't have enough play (~ 2mm) in the throttle cable, that would do the same thing 'cause if the cable's too tight the throttle assembly can't rest on the throttle stop....which I think is what the idle adjustment moves, you'll never be able to adjust your engine speed down. Make sure you can see visible slack with the throttle closed.
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Lube your cables and make sure they can move freely.
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one thing i have noticed after reading about the throttle cable is that the the throttle doesent return all the way back where its supposed to be, you let off of it and it goes back so far but still has about 1/8 of an inch that you have to twist it backwards this makes the idle go down very slightly but not much
Normal throttle stop rests against a spring where position is lowest idle with slides fully down. Twisting throttle further closed against the spring pressure isn't supposed to reduce idle rpm.
Throttle cables may not have enough slack, and may be adjusted at either end to allow more slack. Could experiment by allowing excess slack on both cables to see if it makes any difference toward allowing lower idle rpm by using the thumb screw.
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