Choke Lever / Cable replacement help

[Air Race Addict]

Okay, so I have a 78 R100RS. The left choke cable wire broke halfway up the sleeve. I have a new cable assembly. I got the lever assembly off the air box, removed the screw and cap. How do I get the friggen old cable end out of the housing? I've seen a couple of suggestions for using a coat hangar with a loop. I would rather be able to have them synched at all positions of the lever. Obviously the cable can be changed because they sell the cable and housing as separate pieces. HELP ME PLEASE???
Thank you,
Bill

[lmo1131]

How do I get the friggen old cable end out of the housing?

Disassemble the "lever" housing (ref.8) and it will become evident how to remove the cable.

The choke cable should come with the new outer sheath included ... I'd also suggest replacing both cables at the same time.





Note: the inside of the cable ferrules are "threaded" to the pitch of the wire coils in the cable housing.

[Air Race Addict]

That was awesome. Thanks for your help. The photos made the difference. My hangup was how to get the handle with the gear teeth off of the center post. I didn't want to force it. The thing that had me stumped was the apparent slotted center post, whose reason for being slotted is not evident to me....... It appeared that it was holding the whole handle/gear piece in place besides being the pivot point. Some gentle even prying around the edges and it came loose. If anyone else tries this, just be aware that there is a ball bearing and spring in the lever itself to provide the "detent" at the halfway spot, (kind of the cam effect feel like in the petcocks going from main to reserve), that can get lost easily. I didn't, but I saw disaster written all over it and actually dropped the spring a couple of times. The rag I had under to catch things as I took it apart worked nicely. Anyways, there ya go. Thanks again Lew.
Cheers
Bill

[lmo1131]

Glad to be of a-ssistance Bill.

Mia culpa on the spring/ball detent failure to advise. I've always done disassembly of launch-prone stuff like that inside of a dry-cleaner bag; you can see the details but the bag stops the launch across the room.

Glad it helped out.

[Air Race Addict]

Glad to be of a-ssistance Bill.

Mia culpa on the spring/ball detent failure to advise. I've always done disassembly of launch-prone stuff like that inside of a dry-cleaner bag; you can see the details but the bag stops the launch across the room.

Glad it helped out.

Good point. But not having a parts breakdown, one would never know about that ball and spring. No problem though. Your help made the difference.