Wife's Magnum idles fine until you let your thumb off the throttle. Is there an adjustment in the ETC to prevent this, or does the whole thing need to be replaced?

 

if theres no play in the throttle(about 1/8") then it needs to be adjusted. yes theres an adjustment.

 

There is about an 1/8th between shutdown (no thumb) to where RPMs just start to increase, i.e. slack.

Is the adjustment inside the ETC? If so, does the cover just pop off? I really didn't spend much time looking at it last night...

 

not sure about yours but my sportsman has an adjustment on the cable. There is a rubber boot just slide it up and youll see the adjuster. Loosen the lock nut and adjust it so there is about 1/8" of freeplay at the thumb throttle. You'll probably find that the locknut loosened up from vibration and backed out a little. I had to adjust mine just the other day.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Rowe

not sure about yours but my sportsman has an adjustment on the cable. There is a rubber boot just slide it up and youll see the adjuster. Loosen the lock nut and adjust it so there is about 1/8" of freeplay at the thumb throttle. You'll probably find that the locknut loosened up from vibration and backed out a little. I had to adjust mine just the other day.</end quote></div>

Cool, I'll look at that tonight, but wouldn't that just effect the freeplay in the cable vs. the electronic shutdown of the ignition?

 

there is such a thing as too much play and not enough that will make etc kick on and shut down the bike. like rowe said you adjust it on the cable.

 

I had the same problem on my 96 you should adlust at the cable behind the rubber sheild. I had to play with mine a bit lke the guys said too much and too little can cause it to kick in/ shut down.

Bill

 

Thanks guys! A quick adjustment of the cable, and she is idling fine now! I'm glad it was that easy...

 

glad some of the information we gave you helped get you up and going again. ride safe.