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Posted by: rosenfe Feb 13 2014, 03:59 PM

when replacing throttle cable,do you pull it out from passenger compartment or engine side.what about install do you insert from cabin to engine.searched for write up here.

Posted by: stugray Feb 13 2014, 08:05 PM

loosen cable on engine end
pull cable down through engine tins lay out towards back
crawl under dash.
loosen locknut on throttle cable where it tightens against the "socket" end piece
torque the socket to the side and it will pop off of the "ball" half of the "ball and socket".
unscrew the socket & the locknut from the cable
pull cable out the back lining & cable together.

Install is reverse

Posted by: toolguy Feb 13 2014, 08:18 PM

before you pull the cable out of the tunnel, tie on a string, pull it out at the firewall with the string attached . . . use the string to pull the new cable back in with. . Point being, it's easy to get it wrapped around the clutch cable if you just shove it back in. . . If it gets wrapped around the clutch cable, the throttle will pull each time you step on the clutch. .

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Feb 13 2014, 08:27 PM

Posted by: ehokana Feb 14 2014, 01:50 AM

Listen to toolguy. It's a pain when the cables get wrapped on one another. Little tricks like that make life so much easier

Posted by: The Cabinetmaker Feb 14 2014, 06:28 AM

In fourty years of changing cables I have never needed a string to pull the cable, and never had a problem with the clutch cable. Being as the tube is just barely bigger than the cable, there is a chance of the knot getting stuck in the tube. Now that would suck.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Feb 14 2014, 10:13 AM

We have read around here of more than one person who wound up with the knot on the string getting stuck in the tube...

It's easier to do without the guide string. The cable is stiff enough that you can just push it up to the front of the cockpit. You'll have to look to make sure you don't have it wrapped around the clutch cable once you've got it in, but that only takes a few moments.

--DD

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Feb 14 2014, 10:43 AM

QUOTE(toolguy @ Feb 13 2014, 06:18 PM)

Posted by: toolguy Feb 14 2014, 11:23 AM

Whoa, big fellow. . . . I said string not rope. . I use nylon upholstery thread.. . and tie it to the cable, not the threaded end so the knot isn't an issue.
I've spent enough time with a mirror and light looking back thru the tunnel trying to straighten out the cables to know to take this easy precaution.
Just my opinion. . use it or not. .