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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2018, 07:35:56 AM »
I bought a 120 inch long x .048 brake cable for a tandem bike,6 dollars. Installed it in less than 2 minutes last night and the cable works perfect. slid in the cable sheeve perfectly.

hope this helps someone.

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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2018, 11:09:07 AM »
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NO Worries, I should have checked the price 1st. I would have bought it for sure. lesson learned the hard way. being cheap isnt always faster or better. whistling
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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2018, 05:12:02 PM »
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NO Worries, I should have checked the price 1st. I would have bought it for sure. lesson learned the hard way. being cheap isnt always faster or better. whistling

I just hope someone can learn by my mistake

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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2018, 09:40:50 AM »
To be honest, you are at 20$. for 35$ you could have bought the correct cable from 6x6parts.com and had it all new with correct ends which may be a problem if you are using the original throttles.   Just making a statement, not slamming you or trying to start something. whistling

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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2018, 09:03:37 PM »
well I screwed up, I bought 100 feet of .058 throttle cable form MSD direct for 13.00 dollars including shipping and I thought it was normal cable like bicycle cable but NOOOO, It was .058 solid cable and is to stiff for sure. ERRRRR

Now I just found on Amazon a 120 inch cable by .042 diam. for 8 bucks for a tandem bike I will now order...

I hate doing things over and over again..


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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2018, 11:51:30 AM »
I used a long bicycle one I got from amazon. Change the housing too, fresh housing is cheap. Thin coat of grease on the cable before running it into the housing goes a long way.

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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2018, 04:11:57 PM »
Thanks
I called the two around here and nothing, I found 100' of .058 from MFG supply for 7 dollars so gonna order from there.

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Re: throttle cable
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2018, 03:43:36 PM »
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throttle cable
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2018, 10:25:16 PM »
Hi Guys
does anyone know where I can find thin wire rope? My throttle cable was corroded and broke, the sleeve is fine, just need the cable, It needs to be 110 inches and .050 - .058, I flushed the sleeve out using a syringe on one end and a hand vacuum pump on the other end and a ton of crap came out of it.