DaleB
Well Known Member
So I need to replace my throttle cables. Today I found at least half the strands broken on the right side, right near the throttle. Probably nicked during installation, don't know, but anyway - it's not airworthy. Crappy thing to find just as you're finishing the annual!
Fortunately we can slide the old cables out through the sheaths, and it's trivially easy to slide new ones in. No need to rip the whole assembly out. I had thought about installing the vernier throttle cable, but with Oshkosh a week away I'm not inclined to rip out and replace the whole assembly. I'd like to do it, but I'm certainly not set on it. Has anyone installed the vernier throttle cable, and if so do you know if the adjusting assembly (the "guts") would fit into the housing that the standard friction lock cable uses? I'm going to call McFarlane in the morning, but thought I'd ask here just in case anyone's been down this road already.
Fortunately we can slide the old cables out through the sheaths, and it's trivially easy to slide new ones in. No need to rip the whole assembly out. I had thought about installing the vernier throttle cable, but with Oshkosh a week away I'm not inclined to rip out and replace the whole assembly. I'd like to do it, but I'm certainly not set on it. Has anyone installed the vernier throttle cable, and if so do you know if the adjusting assembly (the "guts") would fit into the housing that the standard friction lock cable uses? I'm going to call McFarlane in the morning, but thought I'd ask here just in case anyone's been down this road already.