[T2] Successful roadside accelerator cable replacement

[Robert Mann]

Neil Jarvis wrote:
>  the newer replacement cables are often of poor quality.
>I replaced my cable with a brand new one and on the next road trip 
>of 100 miles the new cable came off twice.

	As advised in my bull on accelerator cable replacement a 
couple y ago, yacht-rigging stainless multistrand 1.5 mm is good.
	BTW a comment a couple d back about greasing the new cable is 
IMHO mistaken.  As remarked, the factory was so confident in the 
lifetime of this cable exceeding that of the vehicle that the Bentley 
omits it altogether, so I have no official word on this issue of 
greasing it or not.  Anyhow I accept the word of my excellent ex-S. 
Africa mechanic. This is NOT a Bowden cable.  It has much larger 
clearance between the cable and the tube.  Any attempt at lubrication 
is liable to trap dirt and therefore increase friction & wear.  If 
you can blow compressed air thru the tube the dust of decades will be 
to some extent ejected; if not, all the more reason not to insert any 
lubricant.
	Either way, the rubber boot at the front is important against dust.


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Robt Mann
Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
'73 VW 1600dp Devon camper
'53 Meteor V8
various Jawa-CZ and Jawa-NZ strokers