Sticky Accellerator cable

[nova dosed]

What other reasons other than cable fraying and return spring can there be for my revs staying at 2000plus.

It started this morning and its doin me head in.

To get it back to normal i have to twat the pedal then they come down. Thats the reason why i think its them 2 wanna check first though.

Any suggestions any idea how much new cables are a clutch one was ?9

[Euan]

might not be a sticky cable. mine done this as well. i just thought it was ma shitty carb

[whitey]

My clutch is doing that! When you put pedal down, you have to push hard and then it sticks sometimes or isnt rite down! This equals SHIT, nearly crash, revs at 6000rpm all of sudden or crunch to gearbox!

Could do with sorting it!

[nova dosed]

clutch cables are dead easy to change and there cheap. about ?8 they are up here ?22 from main dealer i think

[whitey]

yeah think its the pedal not cable!

[whitey]

just cant be arsed at mo!

[nova dosed]

lol i know the feeling i had a list of stuff to do to mine and ive done them all today.

Ive just soaked it all in wd40 around the exit point for cable and the spring on carb and it seems to have worked. Apparantly the cable is a main dealer ship job and i aint paying ?25 for 1

[Chris LR]

Do you have an auto-choke?

Thats the reason for 2000rpm.......

A New Cable will make such a big difference, it's hard to explain, but get it done and you WILL understand.

[nova dosed]

well sincee ive sprayed it its been ok i know it wont last forever.

Try to explain what u mean about the difference?

And no its manual choke thank god had so many problem with the pierburg 2e i now have a webber much better

[frog_southampton]

at what point would i have to WD40 it all ???


frog!

[mikeoxford]

what conidtion is the weber in?

have you checked all the linkages on the carb?

[nova dosed]

webber is brand new

[Stuart]

as cables age and get used they "wear" away at the internal radius of a bend, meaning that the sheath and cable get flatspots, so eventually they will work against each other causing sticcking/stiff operation etc.

when you remove the cable (while still in the sheath) rotate the wire and feel when it "stops". thats jsut to feel the effect. put your new cable in, and its a surprising difference, light and responsive etc

[mikeoxford]

does anyone know where to buy springs from?

i need a new one

well two actually

a spring that pushes away

and one that pulls sommat together again

the push away one needs to be strong, but the pull towards is for the throttle so it needs to be light

[nova dosed]

cambridge i know what u mean kind of when i replaced my clutch cable that was similar but after a month the stiffness came back

[mikeoxford]

cambridge i know what u mean kind of when i replaced my clutch cable that was similar but after a month the stiffness came back

tired oiling or greasing that ANNOYING sqeuaky bush under the pedal box?

[nova dosed]

nope i cant say i have. Is that what squeeks i never new that i just thought it came with the car when u buy it lol

[mikeoxford]

yup :lol:

[frog_southampton]

mine is sticky!!

how do i fix?

[nova dosed]

either buy a new one or spray the return spring on the carb with WD40 thats what i did and its been mint since