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okay what we're gonna do today is show

you how to lubricate your throttle

cables on 2013 harley-davidson Softail

Deluxe first thing we got to do is we

gotta pull the boots off and we'll take

3/8 inch wrench we break the locking nut

I've already done it actually break the

locking nut loose roll this backwards

you're gonna notice your throttle will

begin sticking see well it won't pop

back into place

see that you loosen it see so as you

roll it clockwise your throttle will pop

back it's your return if you roll it

counterclockwise

it'll get start getting real tight on

you to the point where you can barely

turn your thought so in order to

lubricate both these cables you can't

get this off because it only goes so far

before that cable is too tight in there

and you don't have access to get your

lubrication in there so you've got it at

that point take your throttle body

housing off to take it off the cable off

the throttle so that you can get this

off to get your lubrication in so the

next thing we're gonna do is I'm going

to roll this back clockwise again until

it's and it's a most loose position

where the throttle will actually pop

back and then we're going to take the

body off the out of the throttle body

there's two there's two Torx wrenches

for it they're both t25 ones right up

here at the very top you know the ones

underneath the the bottom under here

can we just take those those screws out

Ottomans out top ones still in there and

then you just kind of roll that off and

there's your throttle body housing right

there okay once you get the housing off

you're gonna have to take this front one

now you're gonna have to roll it all the

way forward which will be a clockwise

reason why is we going to loosen this

cable both these cables have to come out

and the reason you have to loosen this

one is to get to roll far enough forward

so you can get back one which tightens

your throat you're returning off you

don't have to take that one out though

so get to that point and then you take

your throttle return and you wall it

your lock nut is far forward towards the

cable as you can and the adjustment as

well and then what we need to do is we

need to pull this lower housing down a

little bit so we can get the grip to

where it actually comes out we're gonna

roll that forward at the same time I'm

really trying to do this and get my

finger in here and you can see it on the

camera you're gonna kind of hold that

cable so so it rolls that out and that

barrel out you can pull that barrel out

well now this it's got a notch in it so

you twist it hope you can see this it's

hard with the camera to try to get video

of it you roll the barrel 180 degrees

and it comes off and that's what you got

to get off now the reason we have to do

that like I said before is because you

can only back this off so far before

your throttle gets tight because what it

does it pulls it pulls this ball and it

your throttle will stop so you have to

get that all loose so now we can back

this up all the way until it comes off

like that and we can get our lubricant

down in there now if you look up here

see your ball has slid all the way down

inside of it and without taking the the

housing off there would be no way to get

this loose down below to get the

lubricant in it all right so we've

gotten both loose we're going to use a

cable life I've got another video on a

streetlight

lubricate your clutch cable we're going

to use the same thing I don't like the

barrel that comes with it I'd like to do

it this way it's a lot easier because

you can just stick that little line you

stick that tube down inside of your

cable if you just take a shop towel you

hold it around there real tight and you

use it's three second blast so one two

three and you can you can feel them the

lubrication going down through that

cable too then we're gonna do the same

thing on the throttle return stick that

that in there and the reason we're

wrapping it with the towel is just

because we don't want that oil dripping

down on the bike you can seal it off

with my hole real tight right around the

opening there so one two three there we

go and it also helps from the mess that

it can make as well good pull it out and

there your cables are lubricated okay so

now the lubrication itself is done we

got to get this the whole thing back

together so we can just roll that on a

little bit in the back one for the

bottle return we're gonna roll that

clockwise all the way up as far as it

can possibly go because we need we need

that a cable to come back up so we can

get it back on the throttle even once

you roll that up the little ball might

be down in there so you can go out take

pair along those pliers it's kind of

it's gonna be real hard to get this on

video kind of reach it down in there and

pull your cable back out that's all you

do for that the little ball there can

get some oxidation on it because the

material is made up so I'm just going to

squirt a little bit of the cable loop

inside of the net little brass barrel

that will just help it go on easier and

all

allow it so it'll lubricate it you know

gaps on that that head as well all right

so we're gonna try to try to get this

where you can see it again pull it cable

up hold the cable here so there's a

notch so you're gonna set that on there

and since we all it turns easier you

just turn it all the way to the other

side like that before you get it put it

back on then what you do is you pull

this down because you gotta get your

cable back your throttle back in there

you turn your throttle stick that in

there roll it forward and pull this up

at the same time until it pops into

place and then you got it you got along

and if you come to the round the other

side you'll see that's in in line with

there's a little notch there that the

cable rides in and that's what you where

you want to set alright now when you

when you've done this you you're gonna

have moved this around quite a bit if

you look there there's a little notch so

you need to make sure that this little

nipple goes into that notch you may have

to roll it up and then what you do is

you take your housing roll your housing

on while you're holding this up from the

back because you don't want that thing

to come out the knotch

and then get a wrench on it and start

tightening it so I got that on there I

grabbed a wrench real quick just to show

you and get that top one on first just

by finger tight so that it won't move on

you and you know it's set in there and

that's what holds it into place the

whole housing and then you can put the

bottom screw in all right so get out on

both end we're just gonna tighten them

up I don't want to spend a lot of time

showing you how to tighten bolts

okay good on the stock cover it's an

eight millimeter allen wrench and then

we got to take these three off to get

the filter off air filter t27 Torx hold

off and we do use K&N filters

rechargeable filters so this is actually

a good time since you've gotten off to

go through the cleaning process and

recharge your filter and you can do the

start when you do an oil change to which

we're going to do and if you want to

link to that I got a link to these

filters which is a pretty good discount

on my website and you can buy that for

about $60 and it's got a lifetime

warranty this is your butterfly valve

and this what we're trying to get to

reason we're trying to get to it

is because when you roll on the throttle

like right there

I'm at full throttle the way the way

it's adjusted right now and I put it

back together

full throttle that butterfly valve

should be 90 degrees to the opening

itself so it's got a it's actually going

to come down some so we're gonna adjust

that now okay so if you come under here

that's way up under here and you turn it

to rot you're gonna see that little

silver arm now up in there there's a

mechanical stop and what you're going to

do is you're gonna adjust this cable by

when you roll it in its gonna going to

allow that mechanical stop to go higher

which also opens your butterfly valve

more you're gonna want to roll it your

cable clockwise until it full throttle

that mechanical stop hits and you'll

feel it too and your butterfly valve is

at 90 degrees

so we're gonna go ahead and roll it let

me get back up here I know it's a lot of

jumping around I want to show you all

the places we're going to turn it

clockwise and then we're gonna feel it

you come down here then you'll look let

me get some light in a different

direction here there we go right there

you'll see it's still not there yet I'm

sorry I actually messed up you roll it

counterclockwise your cable so I did you

can see it's closer now now if I roll it

clockwise see it stops too soon so we'll

roll it back now we're getting closer

there we go getting them closer get the

light in here better go now you're

getting real close just about there

there it is it's touching and all I was

doing is rolling this back and forth so

now if we come to our butterfly valve

you'll see it stops at full throttle in

a 90 degree position and that's your

your your throttles somewhat adjusted at

this point okay so then we're going to

tighten it and take your locking nut

roll it up

it's your 3/8 back on there and tighten

it okay there's that part done as you

can see right now it returns pretty

easily and it doesn't really matter at

this point how tight it is or how loose

it is you're still getting the same

throttle action now the reason why we

are concerned here is because if you

turn your handlebars what it does is it

it's true it stretches it puts the cable

on a different position so let's turn

the handlebars all the way over now if

this thing is rolled all the way out see

it doesn't it doesn't recall back so you

get the handlebars in the right post

position and then come around the other

side and then you're going to start

rolling this thing forward now so you

can see the throttle it's beginning to

recoil so if you go counter clockwise

with it you'll see your throttle sticks

again you can actually do it like this

and loosen it so what you're trying to

do is get this thing to return all the

way but not not too much because you

have too much play in it you want about

an eighth of an inch something else you

want to look for is it's also the stop

for this thing coming forwards for your

throttle to come forward so if I roll

this thing all the way up for instance

okay it snaps back but if you watch I

can roll that thing forward and throttle

will actually stick in a forward

position and you don't want that either

it's not that it's going to be dangerous

but but since that kid will come through

on the back it keeps it from from going

too far forward so you don't want that

either so we're going to have to back it

off to a median point to where it keeps

the throttle from being over roll

forward and sticking but it also snaps

back when you let off

so you see there it's it's not able to

roll forward and now I've got a little

too tight it's not snapping back it's

good design I want there we go and we'll

go forwards and it snaps back so that's

a good position to be in right there and

then we'll tighten it up we're going to

turn the handlebars back to the normal

position with a bar spot but when the

bikes parked checkered looks great it

doesn't get stuck for words and now

would you tighten it there you go

slide your boots back on and you've now

created your throttle cables and you'll

notice the difference it just seems to

roll a lot smoothly

once you get your throttle adjusted we

got to put the K&N filter back on so get

your vacuum lines put put it on there if

you put them on the filter first it

makes it easier and then just slide it

on and then put your filter on

then just tighten that up all right

we're just tying it up now just cover

back on

that's all there is to it at that point

you're done you've got good throttle

action it's smooth it's lubricated and

you've saved yourself quite a few

dollars and having to take it in and

have somebody do that for you so I hope

that helps and get you down the road a

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