I purchased a new throttle cable from Pelican. Yes it was the cheapest one they had. I figured it's a cable, how bad can it be. The ferrel that is on the end which mates to the firewall fell off when I removed it from the packaging. I installed it anyway. Needles to say, I am greatly disappointed. What a piece of junk. We used to run some really nice cables in the off road cars. Thick didn't bind etc. But the few places that used to carry them are all out of business. Please direct me to a good cable. I don't want to do this 3 times.

Terry cable

https://terrycable.3dcartstores.com/mobile/home.asp#page-65

karteck off road parts

This is the type of cable I'm used to seeing and using. I will have to make a big modification to the car to run this set up. It would have to run on top of the tunnel.

Ok. So Terry cable is the recommendation. There site doesn't have any pics for that particular cable. Anyone have pics of a Terry cable?

Not pushing Pelican, but here's an example with pics: terry throttle cable

Thank you for the link with pics. I ordered a Terry Cable. Thank you for your help.

Please give feedback to pelican or call them.
I have.
I had 2 fail.
Many others on here also

They need to quit selling that piece of junk

Do follow up with Pelican, they are good guys I'm sure that they will make it right.

I had the same experience here recently. I bought a cheap cable and couldn't get a smooth light pedal feel. I finally bought a terry cable and it was a much better fit and works so smooth.

I've found a stock cable just isn't long enough to reach my Tangerine carb linkage which I had to mount on the rear of the carbs to avoid interference with the engine tin (I have the short carb manifolds). I used motorcycle cable and bike housing & ferrels and it's been working great for the past couple years. Very smooth and nice routing due to the custom length. My only fear is what to do if it breaks on a trip...I really need to make a spare.

The only reason I didn't contact Pelican about the problem was the fact I installed it. I should have known better.. Lesson learned.

Do them a favor. Let them know they are selling junk. Maybe they will make it right. Let us know.

I too bought the throttle cable as well as the heater flap control cable from Pelican. Throttle cable broke on installation. The wall thickness of the ferrel attaching to the engine end was way undersize. The threaded end was cut rather than rolled, and the remaining wall thickness too thin. Broke right away. A cut thread provides a stress riser at the thread root. The saga of the heater flap control had the crimped ends too long not allowing them successful routing through the tunnel tubes especially at the right angle bent ends. Called and was told to straighten out of the tube until the ferrel passed the bend. Don't think so !!!!

Worked Tech Service for a major Corp and these cases are ripe with the Seller not attempting due diligence of "Fit for Use". Pelican needs to better assess the products they sell rather than to just sell a part for intended use that on paper makes then $$$$

Crap....I just got one. I got the GEMO

Is it the one that everyone hates?

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/ksearc...-423-067-02-m74

Still wouldn't hurt to contact them,IMO as a parts supplier they are always keen for customer satisfaction more than many others,you could also place feedback on the item.

Yes the one I purchased was one of the GEMO brand units.

I installed one of the Terry cables 6 months ago, no problems so far. Be careful when you install it, easy to get it wrapped around the clutch cable near the front of the tunnel

I called and talked to Cassondra Kelley in customer service at Pelican. She was awesome.

I had a RMA email in about 4 seconds and she assisted me in ordering a terrycable. The GEMO is going back.

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Just a heads up, you can buy the terrycable $10.00 cheaper from terrycable then from Pelican. However, shipping if $5.00 more so its a net $5.00 difference.

Yep

Just to clarify, this isn't about the vendor, it's about the brand of the product. Terrycable is a safe buy.

agreed!

I have had only positive experiences from Pelican
over years and years...


in my case I ordered 2 cables at once.
one as maintenance for the race car the 2nd as a back up spare to carry to the race track.

I broke one cable installing it
thought it was a fluke, and put the 2nd cable on

went to the track and after 10 minutes of track time, the cable bound internally and the throttle stuck wide open on track. this cable had 10 minutes of use on it from new.

very very bad cables.
brant

A new spare Gemo is sitting in my cars trunk when I bought it. Guess I will toss it in the garbage and get a Terrycable as a spare instead. Thanks for the great info all.

another good option is the original equipment Porsche cable

I bought one after the 2 bad experiences I had
ran it all last race season with zero problems

It is also about the vendor who knowingly or unknowlingly distributes product w/o due diligence for quality or it's intended use. Pelican is fine distributor of products who needs to bolster this area. I still buy from them but am cautious.

I made a living off this weak point of distribution.

This thread makes me sad, as the first part I bought for my car was the gemo cable. It seems to work fine, but if I routed it up through the proper hole in the tin, it wasn't flexible enough and would bind. I figured it was just an issue with the carb linkage setup, but maybe it's not.

They'll customize the 914 Cable per your request. Just tell them how long/short you want the sheath and/or the cable to be. The std 914cable was just a foot short for the Suby conversion so I asked and they made a 914 cable with a bit longer sheath and the cable was another foot longer.

Just had the same thing happen to me. when I installed the cable it was hard to get to feed smoothly through the tin and then the cable came loose at the ferrel (?) at the firewall. and the throttle would not return all the way.
I ended up buying another one, that just happened to be a Gemo from someone off of fleabay. it fit good and works much smoother than the other one , that also had zero miles on it. I don't know what brand the old one was. Probably URO.

I may have to look into these terry cables

The Italian made Cofle brand cables are very good quality and work well. The Terry cables are heavy duty, but also have a lot more drag due to very thick cable.

I installed the Terry cable today. Works perfect!!

i have used a cofle and gemo, i see no diff, after 8nyears both wor fine