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Re: RE:type3 throttle cable (was NEW 69 FASTBACK OWNER)


On 23 Feb 2005 at 13:06, Dave Hall wrote:

> I've changed the clutch cable and the handbrake cables once in 88,000 miles and
> 34 years on my '71.

I find the hand brake cables to be the least reliable of all our cables. The 
Bowden tube windings get rusty and either seize up on the inner wire, or just 
collapse. I've never broken a clutch cable, but I have a number of NOS spares 
here if anyone needs one.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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