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accelerator cable

piddy - 20/12/05 at 11:13 PM

Hi.
What accelerator cable have you used? and how have you fitted it to the pedal end. ( metal rod type)
Pictures would be a big help.

givemethebighammer - 20/12/05 at 11:22 PM

Cable from Honda lawn mower ! (previously used mountain bike brake cable). Normal nipple at carb end, m/cycle cable end at lever.

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/mcycle-3/mcycle-3.html
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02GF74 - 21/12/05 at 09:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by piddy
Hi.
What accelerator cable have you used? and how have you fitted it to the pedal end. ( metal rod type)
Pictures would be a big help.

look at my post "what's wrong with this set up" - shows picture at accelerator end and at carb linkage.

I intend to make 3 brass bits as below:

accelerator cable

The leftmost fits in a hole in the carb linkage. The adjustable threaded part fits into the vertical sheet making the pedal box with a recess to keep the cable outer in place - adjustableto take up any slack. The peadl end is a cylinder that fits in the corresponding hole in the pedal end; someone ^^^^^ has posted these items but that should be the easiest to make.

RazMan - 21/12/05 at 12:20 PM

If length is a problem CBS do a 12 footer!

02GF74 - 21/12/05 at 12:35 PM

thanks for that but I have the cable and at a push, can't see why a bike brake cable cannot be used. It is the end bits that I am lacking.

I've got the 8 mm brass rod, just a matter of drilling them properly.

ok. on reading your response again, I see that you may not be reffering to my post....