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Weber throttle linkage - the right way.


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Been fighting with how to mount your throttle cable? Me too, till I found that the redline idiots didn't bother to include the relevant linkage bits that make the job easy, and simple:

 

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It's a redline part - availible (from what I can tell) only as part of a linkage "kit". Part number 99007.116. Jam engineering lists the kit at $20....

http://www.jameng.com/products/index.phtml?section=13

 

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Order the universal mounting kit and if comes with the correct wire guide too. I just took a propane tourch and melted the lead end off the cable to run it through the hole. I'll take a pic when I get home, if I remember. Tim

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Yeah - I can see how that would help the angle of the cable a bit. For what it costs new, it should be part of the $350 "kit" that redline puts together for our cars. One more reason to not buy the "kit". I got two of the brackets from a local import shop that had em laying around loose. They charged me $5 for both since there was no part number associated with em. Hehe.

 

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Hmmmmm. Got that bracket in my Weber kit. Just couldn't use it with the cable that was in the '82. Former owner shortened it when he put the EA-82 in. Why?, I dunno. I will be using it when I swap the Weber onto the '84.

 

Like the throttle return spring mounting! Just curious as to how long it will stay there whith a lot of right foot movement.

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Not to step on any toes but this is my answer to the linkage problem and didn't cost a thing. All the relevant parts came off of the Hitachi I had just removed.

 

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This way also eliminates the wear groove most encounter in the sheathing for the cable.

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You folks can all be thankful that you (apparently) don't have to deal with emissions inspections on your vehicles. I'd love to have the problems of how to hook up a weber, but I would never make it through the IM test with one on. :mad:

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Yeah - I had mine mounted similar to what Qman shows - and he's right, the cable could be at a better angle. I think if you use the throttle from the "kit" above it will be at the right height so it won't groove the end of the cable. With my mounting tho, I had problems with it bending.... and I think the throttle cable bracket that was on my rig was different than that. I had the feedback carb -

maybe that's why.

 

I'm also considering cutting a section out of the cable bracket, and welding it back together so it's a bit lower to remove the angle in the cable, but still retain the bracket on the carb.

 

As to the spring - it's never moved on me, and you can change the tension by drilling more than one hole in the clip, or by moving the clip forward or back in the grooves. I will have to find a new way when I get my snorkel adaptor tho.

 

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You folks can all be thankful that you (apparently) don't have to deal with emissions inspections on your vehicles. I'd love to have the problems of how to hook up a weber, but I would never make it through the IM test with one on. :mad:
Just swap the old carb back in for tests.
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