Best way to adjust the Bowden cable is to remove the cap from the ball, pull on the cable until you feel resistance, and see if the cap on the cable lines up over the ball on the linkage. If it doesn’t, carefully turn the threaded adjusting but on the cable jacket end to move the cable so it lines up over the ball.
In other words, with the slack taken out of the cable, the cap on the end of the cable should fit directly over the ball without moving the cable. Be careful turning the adjusting nut, as they can often stick or bind due to dirt and aging of the plastic. You see a lot of them broken these days, either from age or mishandling. If it’s broken, the only fix is replacement of the cable, not a fun job. -D > On Oct 4, 2019, at 4:46 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The transmission shift points are INCREDIBLY sensitive to the adjustment of > underhood linkages etc. Like, one or two millimetres can radically change the > transmission's behaviour. > > There is a detailed set of model-specific instructions in the MB 123 service > manual covering the systematic adjustment of all the linkages, which BEGINS > with ensuring that the accelerator control is set correctly (as its > adjustment affects the transmission). > > That procedure also has plenty of photos of the various components, incl. the > Bowden cable and the vacuum controls present on many 123 and 126 models. > > D. > >> On Oct 4, 2019, Don Snook wrote: >> >> Do I turn the nut to make it tighter or looser? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
