Limp home 14miles without throttle cable

[Barreti]

Morning all.

After nearly 900km on Sunday and Monday returning home from Le Mans Classic my throttle cable broke just 14 miles from home.
The car was parked and left for the night and I have to go fetch it tonight.

I have a new complete throttle cable but I also have a very very bad back after nearly 14hrs travelling yesterday so I need a bodge to get me home when the traffic is light tonight so I can fix it at my leisure when my back is a little better.

Has anyone any tips on how to do this?

[Barreti]

With a brand new cable in the boot, can I just rip out the old inner and slide this new one through from the peddle end

sorry if thats a stupid question but I'm at work and never even looked at the throttle cable

[Barreti]

As I'm also a cyclist I do have spare bike able inners. I might take one of them down with me this evening.

And whats all this talk of recovery?
I'm old school and will fix this and drive home or sell all my spanners!!!!

[Barreti]

I've had a chance to look at some pictures of the cable and pedal box now.
My guess is with a combination of a bike brake/derailleur cable and choc box innards I can knock something together to get me home.

[Barreti]

Colin RedGriff said:

I had this happen to me and you can extract the old inner and insert a new one through from the pedal. There is a smal metall collar that fits into the throttle pedal arm. Not easy to see while you are in the footwell but you need to get that out to fit the new inner

Aah, that’s good to hear Colin. We suspected as much when we looked at the bits we removed versus the new cable assembly.
Thanks to everyone for your help.

I’m pleased to be able to say the car is home, thanks to its latest modification - the hand throttle.
Good for 60mph and surprisingly controllable once you get the hang of fixing your arm position on the door rest and squeezing your hand closed to go and open to stop.

Edited by Barreti on Tuesday 10th July 16:38