accelerator cable

jason · Post by **jason** » 10 Jan 2005, 01:35

has anyone ever fitted a new accelerator cable to a Citroen xantia 1.9td.what is the best way to do this job.thanx

nick · Post by **nick** » 10 Jan 2005, 03:56

The way I did mine was to leave the original outer sheath in place, pull the old inner cable out of it, then just slide the new inner cable into it. As long as the new inner cable moves freely it should be ok.
Bit of a bodge perhaps but it saved a lot of time, and 4 years later it still works fine.

Dave Burns · Post by **Dave Burns** » 11 Jan 2005, 01:14

The cable runs through (and is secured to) a rubber ball, this ball fits in a socket like grommet in the bulkhead, look at the grommet to see which side of the bulkhead the socket grommet is on (because I can't remember) and pull the old cable out so as to force the big side of the grommet against the bulkhead, if you pull it the other way it usually yanks the grommet out and its a ball ache getting it back in.
Smear the new ball with some soap before pulling it in.
Dave

brianr.uk · Post by **brianr.uk** » 11 Jan 2005, 01:41

hi jason, i fitted one the same way as nick about 18 months ago and have had no problems.you can get a universal cable with a srew on nipple from gsf. brian.

brianr.uk · Post by **brianr.uk** » 11 Jan 2005, 01:43

should be screw on nipple (can't spell)

dan.2cv · Post by **dan.2cv** » 11 Jan 2005, 19:56

Please, gentlemen. All this talk of screwing nipples and soapy balls. This is a family chat site.

den · Post by **den** » 11 Jan 2005, 23:46

The throttle cable snapped on my 1.9TD Xantia recently so I went to my local cycle repair shop and found a cycle gearchange cable that was a perfect replacement. Just connected it at the pedal end and fed it through the outer and reconnected it at the pump lever. It only cost £1.50 so I bought two and now carry a spare [:D]