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threading throttle cable

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Halftide

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Hi,

I just rebuilt the carbs on a suzuki gs450, and am trying to reinstall them on the bike. I'm completely new to this, and need to get the throttle cable through a really narrow/curved metal passage (photo attached). I've tried pushing/forcing it through, and also tried to attach some brass wire to the ball and pull it through?but the brass wire keeps breaking. Are there any good ways to rethread?

Thanks!
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The year and model number of your bike would help a lot. If the cable is anything like the other GS bikes a new cable should come already threaded through a new tube with the end already on it. You are going to a lot of trouble for a $20-$30 cable.
 
Your picture is different to the set-up on my 550, but I would have thought that the throttle cable goes into the bracket under your ring finger, and is adjusted and held in place by two nuts. Then the choke cable goes into the curved piece of tube.

I could be completely wrong about this, so hopefully someone more familiar with your carbs will pop up. Also, are you sure you have the cable the right way round?

It may help if you post a pic of both ends of your current cable.
 
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