Indigo wrote:
Up to recently my throttle has, if anything, been on the loose side. However
this last Wednesday I had to use a great deal of force to increase the revs
from idle and a similar force to return to idle. I plan to take a close look
at the cable and clips, but has anyone experienced this who can guide me to a
likely cause?
Jonathan
Indigo 35mk III
Southport CT
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I just changed my cable the other day. It had reached the point where
my wife could no longer change lever position and I had to force enough
to worry about breaking the cable. I found that some previous owner had
installed a clamp/adjustable bolt affair that would collapse the outer
cover onto the inner cable to adjust the friction and thus the effort
required to move the throttle lever. I tried slacking the bolt/nut off
but that only worked for a day or so. When I removed the cable to
change it I saw where the bolt had broken the outer casing allowing
water to get in and rust the metal sheathing. The replacement cable on
my 36 was a 9 foot universal made by Teleflex in the US and cost about
$40. It's a bit of a pain to change it but at 5' 10" and 160 lbs I was
able to get to where I needed to be to change it.
Bill
Caprice 1
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