K5MONSTERCHEV
1/2 ton status
Is there a way to shorten cable, like throttle cable, and put the end back on? My buddy did it but cant remember what he did exactly.
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How do you shorten cable?
- Thread starter K5MONSTERCHEV
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They make pieces to do what you are talking about. I *think* they are called cable ferrules.
I know my local non-chain (read: huge selection of nuts, bolts, and assorted) carries them, along with braided small diameter cable...I used them to secure the pins that hold my trailer sides on, that way I couldn't loose the pins.
I know my local non-chain (read: huge selection of nuts, bolts, and assorted) carries them, along with braided small diameter cable...I used them to secure the pins that hold my trailer sides on, that way I couldn't loose the pins.
K5MONSTERCHEV
1/2 ton status
HMM, ill have to look into it.
The problem with throttle cable is that both ends are kind of custom. I eventually shortened mine by cutting it off at the pedal end and putting on one of those things -- it's got a hole in it to put the cable through, then a screw you tighten into the hole to clamp the cable. It's not ideal because it doesn't fit correctly into the spot on the pedal, but it works.
I was always paranoid that it would slip out in busy traffic or something though, so I went back to the factory length cable and modified the bracket instead.
I was always paranoid that it would slip out in busy traffic or something though, so I went back to the factory length cable and modified the bracket instead.
K5MONSTERCHEV
1/2 ton status
Cool, ill look into somehting like that for temopary.
What about pulling the cable through the "fitting" on the pedal (I guess this is '73-91 at least) and then clamping it with a ferrule or something?
I believe the GM cables use steel pieces clamped to the cable, I believe the stuff I have is aluminum, so there will be some loss of "reliability" there.
I believe the GM cables use steel pieces clamped to the cable, I believe the stuff I have is aluminum, so there will be some loss of "reliability" there.
K5MONSTERCHEV
1/2 ton status
Yeah, thats what my buddie had said. My pedal is the same, i can pull it through the hole then the plastic piece goes around the cable and in the pedal.
That would probablly work. Ill have to go look for some and see though.
That would probablly work. Ill have to go look for some and see though.
