Throttle cable wont go in

[JJ914]

I tried changing my binding throttle cable last night. The old one came out ok but the new one wont go in all the way. Tried putting the old cable in again and it want go either. Any ideas?

[M. Hendrix]

Take the inspection plate in the front of the tunnel off, and get a mirror in there.. what do you see?


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[HarveyH]

Some people have reported that the swage on the cable end has extruded out a bit too much and won't fit through the bends in the tube. You might need to grind these down a bit to get things to clear. Another problem has been if the tube has been rewelded it might have been deformed from excessive heat.
Harvey

[John Rogers]

I just went through this with our 74 914. The problem was the cables and the swage on the ends came loose when I was trying to put them in and the inner cable would jam and not move! I tried two cables, one made in Italy and one from Germany and finally used one of the super duty ones like I use in the race car. the outer cable was a twisted bunch of strands of stiff wire and when the swage came loose they would dig into the inner cable. I also looked in the tunnel as noted and it was clear.

[JJ914]

I tried what Harvey suggested and it went right on in. I just carefully grinded the cable end of the swedge down narrower and it worked. THANKS EVERYONE