moddy
the mod
I appreciate the offer to get it on the road with cruise. I know it's not the usual install, but Fred's has worked for years apparently. Cables are free and consistent with movement. The disconnect, once it's engaged, feels like the brake has been applied and the connection fails. On my last test ride, having removed some paint from a ground connection. I accelerated from 45mph to 70 before it kicked off, I thought I had it solved, there was also still plenty of cable the servo could pull the cable, it is not reaching it's max and kicking off.That's certainly a unique idea with the pulley, but....
I don't know how well Fred's install method worked, or if you duplicated it exactly but yours isn't working, sadly. These are the only installs that I know of over all these years that do not use an attachment point on the throttle bellcrank. In an attempt to not have to pop up the back end of the carbs. My recommendation is to use this install which many others have used successfully:
http://www.st-riders.net/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=33
If you do give up, I'll be happy to take your Audiovox off your hands. Or ride over here and we'll get'r done together.
John
I turned around and headed back home, setting the cruise at 70mph. Once it failed, it did many times, I kept pressing resume and held on for the lurch from acceleration. Each time it engaged it would disconnect at different times on the way back to 70mph and I kept hitting resume, time after time. Sometimes it would reach speed and hold it for 3 to 5 seconds then disconnect. The reason I did this repeatedly is I was trying to sound out being a short at the buttons. When it would take longer to disconnect, it would seem that it wouldn't short sooner than other times.
The mechanics of how I've connected it are solid. Having added the arm to reduce the torque to the function of the servo (like attaching it to the bell housing) has not shown any change.
Not completely willing to give up and not knowing when I will make time for this. I will pull the tank and the carbs to put the cable underneath and route the servo cable and make connections as you have. From my experience with the test rides with my specific servo, I fully expect the servo to fail like it did with the way I've bolted brackets on. The effort in placing the servo to my bell housing will solve a couple of things. I will have attached it the way you have and if the Audiovox fails again, you'll come into it and I'll install a different cruise altogether because I believe there to be something wrong with the unit. Another possibility, believing it to be electrical or sensor, the connection at the blue and yellow coil wire for ground may not be good enough for it to count when the coil fires well enough. I believe I've entered an arena with the trouble shooting only the maker of this unit could diagnose.