Chewing throttle cables!
Discussion
My S2 has developed a taste for throttle cables;:yum: the last replacement (a genuine Ford one) lasted about 3 thousand miles before the pedal end broke just clear of the plastic end thing.
The problem appears to be that in the 'off' position the outer cable is at an acute angle to the pedal end; it’s only when you apply some juice that it lines up properly. The cable is therefore constantly bending and straightening.
Any bright ideas to overcome this please, apart from buying cables in bulk! On the plus side, I am getting good at driving home with a temporary hand throttle.:driving:
The problem appears to be that in the 'off' position the outer cable is at an acute angle to the pedal end; it’s only when you apply some juice that it lines up properly. The cable is therefore constantly bending and straightening.
Any bright ideas to overcome this please, apart from buying cables in bulk! On the plus side, I am getting good at driving home with a temporary hand throttle.:driving:
There are various faults that can cause this.
If you have the pedal adjusted too high it will kink the cable when the throttle is closed.
If the cable doesn't align with the top of the pedal where it passes through the bulkhead, it will kink the cable when the throttle is closed.
If you routinely use full throttle then you will normally stretch the cable because there is no throttle stop. The obvious answer is to fit a bigger engine so you don't have to use full throttle so much, but on the other hand you could just fit a throttle stop.
Assuming you have kept an old cable or two, there are a couple of useful things to do with them. Firstly, you can reuse the cable by cleaning up the frayed ends of the inner, cutting 6" off the pedal end of the outer, and using a screw on cable nipple to secure the pedal end. By happy coincidence there's a suitable cable nipple on the end of the heater control cable right by the backof the engine. Alternatively, a jumbo electrical connector does fine, you can get twice the strength by feeding the inner through a washer and back through the clamp in the opposite direction.
The other thing you can do with your spare cable is take off the ferule (metal sleeve on the end of the cable that pushes into the keyhole slot in the pedal) and open the end up to form a bellmouth shape. This allows the inner to follow a curve rather than bending abruptly at the end of the ferule.
If you have the pedal adjusted too high it will kink the cable when the throttle is closed.
If the cable doesn't align with the top of the pedal where it passes through the bulkhead, it will kink the cable when the throttle is closed.
If you routinely use full throttle then you will normally stretch the cable because there is no throttle stop. The obvious answer is to fit a bigger engine so you don't have to use full throttle so much, but on the other hand you could just fit a throttle stop.
Assuming you have kept an old cable or two, there are a couple of useful things to do with them. Firstly, you can reuse the cable by cleaning up the frayed ends of the inner, cutting 6" off the pedal end of the outer, and using a screw on cable nipple to secure the pedal end. By happy coincidence there's a suitable cable nipple on the end of the heater control cable right by the backof the engine. Alternatively, a jumbo electrical connector does fine, you can get twice the strength by feeding the inner through a washer and back through the clamp in the opposite direction.
The other thing you can do with your spare cable is take off the ferule (metal sleeve on the end of the cable that pushes into the keyhole slot in the pedal) and open the end up to form a bellmouth shape. This allows the inner to follow a curve rather than bending abruptly at the end of the ferule.
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