[Shop-talk] throttle cable end/terminal (?)

[Tim]

Thanks all. I will see what I can figure out.


On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Pat Horne wrote:

> Tim,
>
> I agree, the cotter key doesn't look too robust! Are you sure the 
> stack of washers opposite the cotter key are correctly placed? Usually 
> a cotter key is against a washer so it doesn't wear through.
>
> Can you move the location of the cable closer to the arm? I would try 
> either threading the pin that is held with the cotter key and use a 
> nut on each side of the arm to lock it in place with enough play to 
> allow it to rotate as needed. A bit of Locktite or drilling holes in 
> the nuts and pin to allow safety wire to be run through them should do 
> the trick, or use collars with set screws on each side of the arm.
>
> Another thing to try is to find a shouldered shaft where you can use 
> the shoulder on the side where the cotter key is, with some jamb nuts 
> on the other side of the arm, then the nuts and washers that hold the 
> cable.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
> Thusly spake Tim
>
>> Not sure what to call it but I would like to use a different
>> end/terminal that what was included with this carb linkage kit:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/82293958@N06/8928731354/
>>
>> Looking for suggestions to replace the little bits you can see on the
>> left that has the cable stuck in it for the picture. (I do have a new
>> cable that is not frayed.) I donbt like how these little bits are
>> supposed to hold the cable. Also, it is all held on the rod by the
>> smallest and thinnest wire cotter pin I have ever seen. The rod on 
>> the
>> right is just the bare rod that will receive the replacement part 
>> that
>> holds the cable shown as a reference.
>>
>> Whatta think?
>> Thanks
>> tim
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