"No problem with being cautious and asking questions. Measure twice, cut once and all that!"

No matter how careful I measure and cut twice it still comes out too short.  

I must be doing something wrong. 

glad you were cautious and got it out!

Mark you make a good point. On cars and bikes with aluminum heads and super long reach I typically apply a very small amount of anti seize to threads 

Hi I have sent for a cable kit to make up a throttle cable on a dt1 (no oil pump ) it seems after reading members q&a this isn’t goin to be straight foward task !!! Any help or info would e appreciated ! I have the old cable with the one cable in it which leads to the lower cable but no oil pump cable ., thank you


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If i'm understanding your post you already run without the pump so nothing changes for you, just one cable from throttle to carb. I won't mention the pump as whatever ya doing it works for you.
If you 'do' have the pump, i think on mine 'without checking' i capped it off & reduced the minimum stroke to zero or less than zero. Even so, if you had no cable around the pump pulley & on minimum stroke i'm sure it would leave enough oil in the pump to lubricate the gears after its stopped pumping constantly. Reducing stroke is easy, just remove a washer or more 'shim' from under the plate to reduce or stop it stroking while capping the line in from the tank. I wouldn't block off at the cylinder doing it like that. Clutch cover off of course to remove pump & shaft & then make a blank off plate if you wanted to go that way.

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Thanks for the information much appreciated! I’m having trouble with posting on site ive tried tap & talk maybe I need to update my phone