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On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 08:55, Jim Adney wrote: > On 22 Feb 2005 at 3:09, timothy kuehn wrote: > > > ...every few years they break, good to keep an extra along. Ive gotten home > > with a string.. > Check your throttle cable.Broke mine on Rt.690 today. > > >Not fun at all... > > > > I chewed through several throttle cables > > This all seems rather odd to me. In 35+ years of driving type 3s I've NEVER > broken a throttle cable. In that whole time I've also replaced exactly ONE > throttle cable in a customer's car. I'm just guessing, but I suppose that the > FI is easier on the cable than carbs, especially aftermarket carbs. > > I can also imagine problems arising if the cable is routed poorly: not linked > to the pedal carefully, Bowden tube not threaded smoothly between the body and > the engine breast plate, rear cable end not connected so that it can rotate > easily, etc. I agree, I have not replaced that many throttle cables either, in the hundreds of VW's that I have worked on. I did break the one on the bus out in the middle of nowhere, but that was a bus that was missing the front dust pan, and was very rusty in that area. Some of the carb installations I see pictured leave a lot to be desired on the routing of the cable and linkage. http://www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=405#405 Right there is a perfect example. See where the cable is rubbing/heads off at an angle, where it comes through the bracket by the bell housing?? the bracket should be a little farther over to get a straighter shot to the bellcrank. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~