[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 3 Oct 2003 at 23:44, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 23:15, Jim Adney wrote: > > > When did they switch to the braided cable? The microfilm shows the Bowden tube > > apparently for all years.. > > > When do they show the start of the roller on the T-1 foot feed pedal. I > think it was about '66. Prior to that, the early T-1 throttle cables > were just plain wire with a loop at the pedal end, not a "Z" hook. I don't have those sheets printed out, so I can't tell. If you're talking about when the Type 1s changed from a plain roller to a roller behind a pedal, then I'm pretty sure that was in the 50s. In that case type 3s probably all had the braided cables and the Bowden tube. > > I can buy really nice 1/16" stainless wire rope in the local hardware store. > > Maybe I should figure out how to make my own. It should be pretty easy except > > for the AT which needs the threaded end, although the MT style termination > > could certainly be used. The only other thing you'd need would be fairly soft > > tubing of an appropriate diameter. I wonder if 1/8" Cu tubing would work? ;-) > > > The T-1's just had a piece of plastic tubing in the mid '60's. And I > think it was just to facilitate assembly on the assembly line. They > usually shrank to be too short after a few years, and actually caused > throttles to stick. I was talking about tubing to use to make the ends of the cable from. You know, to bend into a Z on one end and leave straight on the other for the throttle lever to screw down on. Both ends would have to be fixed to the wire somehow (crimped, soldered, etc.) Cu would be easy to work with, but I don't know if it might be so soft that the set screw would keep coming loose. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org