Petrified Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 well I've got my clutch cable replaced now, all fine. word of advice, take a pic of the nut before taking the old cable off, or you'll spend hours trying to get the new one to feel the same.anyway.anyone have any tips on adjusting the accelerator/throttle cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavs_arosa16v Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I doubt you will find anyone who can answer that, what you have is quite rare. Most of the 16v sports are electronic and have no cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub-love Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) Adjust throttle cable by moving the retainer at the support bracket, so that the full throttle position is attained at the throttle valve control part. Taken from elsawin! Edited May 22, 2006 by dub-love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Adjust throttle cable by moving the retainer at the support bracket, so that the full throttle position is attained at the throttle valve control part. Taken from elsawin!yeh thats how it was done on my 1.0ltr polo there was like a "two pronged fork" like clip u could move along to remove slack from the cable dunno if thats any help...well I've got my clutch cable replaced now, all fine. word of advice, take a pic of the nut before taking the old cable off, or you'll spend hours trying to get the new one to feel the same.anyway.anyone have any tips on adjusting the accelerator/throttle cable?took seconds... have someone on the other end style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted May 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 thanks!I figured it may be easier with two people. I just found that when I have the peddle fully down the throttle is not fully open style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> I'll try it later to see what effect it has, wonder if it'll be any quicker style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 thanks!I figured it may be easier with two people. I just found that when I have the peddle fully down the throttle is not fully open style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> I'll try it later to see what effect it has, wonder if it'll be any quicker style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />sounds like it would be more economical lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 well it doesn't feel that much faster, top end, but it does feel quicker to respond. I mean the wheels are spinning up in 2nd more easily now. the pedal sits a bit higher..darn theres only one way to test this. *checks santapod calender page* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrified Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Ok, dragging this up again. just realised I've done something really stupid.my throttle cable does indeed use a two pronged clip to adjust the cable. but I was told it was auto adjusting and would adjust to the optimum position (by vw parts) . style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> now I had a problem on my g40 where it would not boost, and found out it's because this clip had broken, I could put my foot down but the valve would not fully close so not creating boost. anyway..looks like I've been running the cable on the lupo without the clip. so when I adjusted it, the cable would just pull back through again having nothing to stop it. i assumed this was the magical self adjusting cable vw were talking about. how wrong I was. I now have the correct clip. about 16p from parts. the same part as the g40 which will hopefully be fully fixed tonight. I'm hoping that I can adjust the throttle on the lupo now as the peddle feels dead. I've wondered why it's lost a lot of top end on the 1/4 mile style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> may just be because the peddle doesn't go fully down. as I'd seen previously. strange because I'm getting my best times now (15.4) I wonder if this will make a difference (this time!!!) style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 one of my mechanic friends at uni was going to do this for me. haha. if it makes that much of a difference i may say that we have to do it. =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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