Choke Cable Help

[TEX2TL]

I just bought a 81 850G. Supposedly the choke cable had been replaced but when I pull the knob the whole cable comes out and the choke knob wont stay out. Leaving me to have to sit and hold it.

I took the triple tree cover off to take a look at it. from the top there is

Choke knob
rubber piece
black plastic nut that is threaded to part of the cable
^all of this comes up when you pull the knob

then further down is a metal net with a sleeve attached and a washer under this. Is there something missing or any ideas?

Thanks for the help its really frustrating to have to sit and hold the cable

[tom203]

Maybe threads are stripped on outer body or, more likely, someone installed wrong replacement cable.

[TEX2TL]

Does any one have a picture of what the correct cable looks like then? All the ones I have seen on ebay are the same one I have on my bike. I kinda feel like it is installed wrong but I dont know how it is suppose to be installed.

[DanTheMan]

Look here: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/ , I'm pretty sure BassCliff has a picture of it, and there are downloadable manuals which also have good pictures.