Date:         Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Judith Barr/Leo Girard <lgirard@BMTS.COM>
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From:         Judith Barr/Leo Girard <lgirard@BMTS.COM>
Subject:      Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
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Hi all
This must be either an insoluble problem or one so elementary that no one
has deigned to help out.
At the rear end of the accelerator cable installation (85 automatic) there
is a snap on (ball & socket) union. It seems to me that this was engineered
to be the fail safe/easy-to-replace part of the job. But the old cap WON'T
come off the ball. Special tool needed? Special instructions? Anyone had
trouble removing this critter before?
The old cable snapped just at the join. There is about 1/2" tailpiece left
on the cap. The cap swivels easily on the ball. The replacement has a small
ring inside which (if the original is identical) wouldn't give enough
resistance to upward 90º pressure not to release unless there is some
element I'm not understanding.
Help!!
Leo
Meaford ON