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Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:24:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Accelerator cable snap
Comments: To: Bill Marshall <Willolyn99@AOL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <b6.9372342.29db2622@aol.com>
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This cable-snapping adventure has been noted before. My understanding is that there are two or three styles of tiico cables. One has the ball at the engine end and the rod at the accelerator pedel end. THe other has just the ball and a cable at the pedel end. The ball/rod is the latest version.

There is a quick fix to the lastest version. Put the 'rod' in the set screw of the pedal piece in the middle. ANd just clamp it in place. Then go to engine. With the ball end of the cable in place, slide the cable housing away from you making the cable tighter. Now put some shims, washers, or whatever you can fashion between the bracket on the throttle body and the cable housing rubber stop piece. I used a screw type cable clamp from my coffee can of bolts, nuts, screws and small junk. cheers matthew 86 syncro westy tii

Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Bill Marshall wrote:

> Hi folks, > A note on my latest adventure. While driving in a parking garage at the > airport, to pick up my wife, my cable snapped. Pedal fell to the floor, and > I was left with idle speed. The Tiico did well, climbing up ramps in 2nd > gear at 1000 rpm idle with no problems. After retrieving the wife, I crawled > under (in the dark) and stuck some of the frayed ends into the set screw, > threw on a cable tie, enough to get home. > In addressing the problem, I figured that the whole setup just sucked. > The Tiico cable just threads throught the set-screw, which tightens down on > the cable itself. That is probably what caused it to fail after 1 1/2 years. > I also think that the set-screw setup did not rotate easily to accomodate > the changed angles that the pedal makes when you step on it. The crunching > and twisting ate through the cable. > To remedy this, I went in a completely new direction. I retwisted the > cable as much as I could, and cut off the frayed part. I went to Home Depot > and got cable swages (1/16" size), and using vise-grips as a swager I made a > loop out of the end of the cable. This gave a nice gentle curve to the cable > - no more kinks and pressure points. To attach this to the pedal, I bought > an eye bolt (#8, 1 1/2") and put the eye through the cable loop (flexible > joint) and ran the threaded part through the set-screw hole. Tightened the > set-screw on it and voila! No more pinching, no more torquing, bomb-proof > and permanent. > The whole pedal setup was pretty lame in my van. My original > accelerator cable broke in the same area, right behind where the solid part > on the end joined the cable part. I think the set-screw part didn't rotate > freely, and it caused the cable to be flexed back and forth enough to fatigue > it and snap it. I think this new addition will address that and at least > avoid the effects of it, if not fix it. > Thanks for your ear, I feel better now. > > Bill Marshall > 85 GL Tiico > Phoenix >


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