DRR S/Pro
| quote: Originally posted by SuperProRacer: Broke my throttle cable this last weekend. It broke at the threads where it goes into my in-line throttle-stop(SLE). The cable has small 10-32 threaded ends. It would be nice if a person could come up with a way to reinforce the threaded part of the cable end to help keep this from happening. Anyone have any ideas?
I believe Biondo has one called the bullet! Option B, get a larger diameter cable! |
| Posts: 2163 | Location: Tewksbury, MA,USA | Registered: November 03, 2000 |
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DRR Top Comp
| Simple solution, buy a spare cable. Put it in the trailer, you’ll never need it.
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| Posts: 5338 | Location: stuck in the middle with you! | Registered: March 11, 2002 |
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DRR Sportsman
| quote: Originally posted by TOP38: I believe Biondo has one called the bullet!
Found it! Something like this is exactly what I had in mind. |
| Posts: 28 | Location: USA | Registered: February 23, 2000 |
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| quote: Originally posted by Cashflow: Simple solution, buy a spare cable. Put it in the trailer, you’ll never need it.
Not with a dragster! Especially if you have an inline stop on it. They bounce around in the burnout and eventually fatigue and break. It's not a question of if, its just when... I have not seen the larger diameter cables break though. |
| Posts: 2163 | Location: Tewksbury, MA,USA | Registered: November 03, 2000 |
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DRR Top Comp
| My cable has been on since 2003, SLE on one end and for a lot of that time an inline stop on the other. Never broken it, and no Bullet. Pivotdoc however has broken his and someone in Denver this week needed a 19 footer. Not sure if they ever found one.
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| Posts: 5338 | Location: stuck in the middle with you! | Registered: March 11, 2002 |
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DRR Sportsman
| Don't forget to put an adjustable stop under the throttle pedal. Dave Koehler - Koehler Injection - http://www.koehlerinjection.comFuel Injection - Nitrous Charger - Nitrous Master Software - Balancing 99% of fuel injection problems are electric. |
| Posts: 364 | Location: Urbana, IL 61802 | Registered: December 03, 2003 |
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DRR Pro
| What Dave said^^ If you don't have a positive stop. Those size 13's can put a lot of unnecessary strain on that cable stretching it a bit at a time until it breaks. If you don't carry a spare cable, carry a die that will allow you to re-thread a bit of the broken end. Bruce Lee Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. |
| Posts: 2064 | Location: Chandler Arizona | Registered: August 11, 2005 |
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