 New accelerator cables too long? |
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| Tdskip |
 Apr 25 2025, 11:21 AM
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Well, now that the cable is installed and through the tunnel and connected to the gas pedal properly I have a metric mile of excess cable.
Is this a known/common issue for replacement throttle cables on a dual carb hex bar set up? Anyone else run into this?[ attachmentid=941520] Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| sixnotfour |
Apr 25 2025, 11:53 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,823 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Holy Dang.. no end.. sorry for pun... BOL.. 6not4
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| BillC |
Apr 25 2025, 11:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 628 Joined: 24-April 15 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 18,667 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Maybe you need to wrap the accelerator cable around the clutch cable a few times? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Seriously, though, did you hook up the other end of the cable to the gas pedal first? |
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| mlindner |
Apr 25 2025, 12:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,667 Joined: 11-November 11 From: Merrimac, WI Member No.: 13,770 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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No, move the gas pedal forward it will be fine. Sorry, don't know, mine is for a six.
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| Tdskip |
Apr 25 2025, 12:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,736 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None
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Ha!
Hi guys – happy Friday to you both all. It is connected to the gas pedal. One solution is to just trim the cable, but that question of why the heck there is so much un-used cable. The old one I removed did not have this issue, but I didn’t think to compare the two before I installed the new one. |
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| 914werke |
Apr 25 2025, 12:18 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,248 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Thats odd I usually find I have the opposite situation (too short)
Which cable GEMO, Terry ect? |
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| Tdskip |
Apr 25 2025, 12:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,736 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None
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Oh man - and to think they let me be a parent.
It popped off the gas pedal linkage and I didn't know it. Oof. |
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| Tdskip |
Apr 25 2025, 12:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,736 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(914werke @ Apr 25 2025, 01:18 PM)  Thats odd I usually find I have the opposite situation (too short) Which cable GEMO, Terry ect? Yep - now it’s too short! |
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| 930cabman |
May 5 2025, 05:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,070 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(Tdskip @ Apr 25 2025, 12:19 PM) Oh man - and to think they let me be a parent. It popped off the gas pedal linkage and I didn't know it. Oof. so long as you study the parenting book, you will be fine, now a teener, ....... |
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| sixnotfour |
May 5 2025, 06:49 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,823 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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All Good ,,dont they sell a simple extension for VWs ??
https://www.amazon.com/Throttle-Cable-Exten...e/dp/B00EKUK8C6 |
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| Dave_Darling |
May 6 2025, 01:07 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,161 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Because you're putting it on a set of carbs, not on the original EFI throttle body?
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