Accelerator Cable

[RayHutch]

Out for a drive and my accelerator cable snapped. I guess it must have been wearing thin over time. Is it a straight Rimmer replacement or are there more heavy duty ones to be had?

 Thanks 

[Colin Lindsay]

You can use any kind of stainless steel cable, usually from a bicycle shop; they won't rust through so take the remains of your old one to any cycle shop and see what they have. Most replacement cables are the same quality; they're good enough for the job but all pretty much the same.

[daverclasper]

Maybe have to make up some sort of nipple/fastening for the carb end?

[Pete Lewis]

use push bike brake cables ,better quality , needs solderless nipple to make a end fitting all avail from a bike shop 

one cable can make more than two  for less££

Pete

[Peter Truman]

I converted my daughters Mk2 Spit from the rod & lever throttle (horrible system & weight ridiculous!) to cable 15 years ago using bike type Bowden cable, it works great and as a DIY job length no problem.

The only issue I had and have was the raw end of the cable unwinding and splaying out when the carb end DIY nipple grub screw was tightened, being stainless cable the end couldn't be tinned and soldered which was what I'd usually do. I initially wondered if the S/S inner was silicon impregnated for lubrication which would also affect soldering the raw end.

The cable works great, the splayed cable is only 1/2in long and out of the way so no personnel damage is done working in that area BUT I must tidy it up as it offends me every time I see it, the cable can easily be shortened and recut with a thin brass tube or even spade terminal upper part crimped on, or even small bore heat shrink will stop the splaying of the raw end S/S strands.

[Dick Twitchen]

A piece of heat shrink and then a small blob of Araldite, or similar,  works.

[daverclasper]

Good stuff. Should be in the "Tips n Tricks" section. ☺️

[Peter Truman]

Dick thanks for that when we get out of lockdown I’ll go to the daughters and modify the cable inner, also fit the emergency 4 way flashers I’ve assembled.

[68vitesse]

When I did mine used crimp on bike cable ends to finish cable and where it passes through the bulkhead a couple of star washers sold in those small packs for holding on under bonnet insulation.

Regards

Paul

[RayHutch]

Thanks for the advice, off to find a bike shop :-))

[SpitFire6]

I spent hours online looking at the many different types, prices & specs of bike brake & gear cable types.

The brand I picked was JagWire. With one brand to compare against selection was easy. The choice was narrowed down more as I was only interested in the types that fitted the accelerator as Triumph intended. Happy with what I spent.
Forgotten all the good attributes of my choice. A long time ago!

Look online first.

[rlubikey]

12 hours ago, Dick Twitchen said:

A piece of heat shrink and then a small blob of Araldite, or similar,  works.

+1 for that tip. I use superglue with the "accelerator" pen to make it go off. Doesn't need the heat shrink either, unless it's already started to unwrap .

It used to be that you would solder the ends of bike cables, but now they're all stainless which is pretty difficult to solder.

Cheers, Richard