Honda Style Nylon Throttle Sleeve

Description

Nylon Throttle Sleeve | Honda CB175 / CB200 / CB350 / CB360 / CB450 / CB500 / CB550

The throttle sleeve — or throttle tube — is the nylon piece your right grip rides on, and it’s what turns your wrist into cable pull at the carburetors. When it goes dry, worn, or brittle, the throttle drags and won’t snap shut on its own. A fresh nylon sleeve puts that back the way it should be.

Why You Need This

Let go of the throttle and it should snap closed like a mousetrap. If it hangs open or feels notchy, the usual culprit is a worn or dry throttle sleeve, or frayed cables. The sleeve is a cheap, simple part that carries the whole throttle action, so replacing a tired one while you have the control box apart is easy insurance against a sticking throttle.

Which Sleeve Fits — Single vs Dual Cable

These bikes take either a single-cable or a dual-cable sleeve, depending on how many throttle cables they run. Select your model above and we ship the correct one:

• Single-cable sleeve — CB175 / CL175 / SL175, CB200 / CL200, CB350 / CL350 / SL350, CB450 / CL450 / CB500T
• Dual-cable sleeve — CB360 / CL360 / CJ360, CB500K / CB550K / CB550F

Specifications

Installation

The sleeve doesn’t come lubricated, and lubrication is what keeps the throttle snapping shut:

1. With the control box apart, work a grease-and-oil slurry (light grease thinned with a little oil) into the inside of the sleeve and where it rides in the throttle housing.
2. While everything is apart, lube the throttle cables with light oil too.
3. Reassemble and check that the throttle snaps fully closed on its own before you ride.

You can see the sleeve inspected and lubricated in our cable-care video: