THE SKID FACTORY - [QUICK TECH] How to make a Throttle Cable

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Today on The Skid Factory, Al shows you the simple task of making your own throttle cable. It's something that's often overlooked or put in the "too hard" basket when it comes to your custom build.
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@AntonBabiy 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with the video, just wanted to say that I've found an angle grinder with a thin cut off wheel works the best to cut the outside. The cutters squish in the metal spiral leaving a jagged edge that often rubs on the inner cable

@ARamseyGuy 5 жыл бұрын

These are the best. Thanks for doing what you do!

@haydensbirthday871 5 жыл бұрын

ive been a mechanic for 15 years and done over a dozen engine conversions. Ive always purchased throttle cables. Thanks Guys.

@HomeBuiltByJeff 5 жыл бұрын

Love these quick tech tips. Love to see this as a regular segment.

@adamoconnor695 5 жыл бұрын

Thank-you Alan for another QUICK TECH tip, I find the series very helpful so keep it up

@TreyCook21 5 жыл бұрын

I suddenly need a new transmission from Hughes Performance!

@blockbertus 5 жыл бұрын

I have the feeling this video might be sponsored by Hughes Performance. I just dont know why. ;D Good job as always, Al!

@bostedtap8399 5 жыл бұрын

I thought Al wanted to colour coordinate with his drill and cutters. Definitely a parody of "Blue Peter" UK long running children's TV series.

@skymit5519 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I need to make a new throttle cable very soon for my rare car that no one has heard of, so this is just what I needed.👍🏻

@DylanTK 5 жыл бұрын

awesome video as per usual, Al.

@tx5brent 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work guys. I used to work on the production line making cables (mainly hand brake) for the OEMs. One extra thing the OEM does is inject a small amount of what I'm assuming was lithium grease down the tube prior to installing the cable.

@moxyface267 5 жыл бұрын

Its like you knew I was coming to ask you to make a cable to fix my cruise control.

@LT1VegaGT 5 ай бұрын

Hey there, I used this exact process to create a modified cable for my Austin Mini Cooper's k20a2 swap. Right on the money and I had the cable modified and on the car in about an hour. Thank you so much for the clear explanation!

@c.spencer2338 5 жыл бұрын

Great Guide here! I replaced my Vespa px-150 cables with Teflon cable housings and coated cables. They are in fact slicker than greased lighting.

@NathanNostaw 5 жыл бұрын

I'm really liking this channel. This format video is great. Good info, simple and very useful to the home DIY. Cheers.

@captnjaygreybeard6394 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to The Skid Factory Team!

@Turtleism 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome tech video and actually really helps me with an upcoming engine conversion

@802Garage 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Knew this was all fairly straight forward, but seeing your full process is great. Also sweet, found the Teflon tubing as cheap as $1.30 a foot and a 2000mm cable for only $3.35!

@TheMrkylester101 5 жыл бұрын

Would love to know what its called

@markbithrey3635 5 жыл бұрын

Just when you think the vid is over and there is that little bit at the end love it guys great tip I’ll have confidence putting a fawned facing plenum on my turbo 1fz and being able to make all new cables 👍

@niconine268 Жыл бұрын

Perfect. Great tutorial. Thankyou

@DanWallis86 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys. Is Hughes Performance on board now as an official sponsor?

@OvertakingLane 5 жыл бұрын

More great content, thanks Skid Factory!!!!

@chrisw3771 5 жыл бұрын

Good video, I've always run a little solder on the ends of the cable befor I cut it so it doesn't fray & spread out. Thredlock on the screw on nipples once I have the right position. (had one unscrew once.)

@mranderson911 5 жыл бұрын

Quality quick tech. keep them coming

@NebukedNezzer 5 жыл бұрын

I like these how to do it videos. as well as all the skid factory subjects.

@65Coasty 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work Al.

@HeliMicky 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, love these videos.

@enricodigenova8112 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video mate you have saved me heaps most appreciated 👍👍👍

@holdehj 5 жыл бұрын

Man, wicked video. Very informative and easy to understand :)

@abc-bm8pl 5 жыл бұрын

The original inner cable ends can be reused in some cases if you have a little blow torch/mapp gas and some solder. Motorbike shops will also sell solder on cable ends.

@christophercasale7961 5 жыл бұрын

I need to do this on my project car. Thanks so much for this!

@scottholden4027 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid! Always wanted to know how to make up custom accelerator calbles 👌🏻👌🏻

@jaymckean3274 5 жыл бұрын

You guys kick ass. Let's get after it.

@JoeJoeMoto 5 жыл бұрын

Nice and simple! Good stuff.

@billystar51 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, just what I needed to see thanks!

@danmarklesr6260 5 жыл бұрын

Keep it coming, good stuff, thanks!

@jakhy1198 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@bogader89 5 жыл бұрын

Deadset I’ve been thinking for ages how to make a throttle cable for my 1jz swap thanks for the info

@Ricerguy 5 жыл бұрын

Weird.... Thanks for this info even though it's a bit late, funny how you guys are the reason I'm considering e-throttle and now I know how to make a custom length cable one 😆

@seanpereira6961 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers guys, just mounted a motorbike engine to a off-road go kart and the clutch cable ended up 300mm short, super helpful!

@darylnicklen3685 5 жыл бұрын

Great explanations on problems faced by cars builders

@chrismclean8211 5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the e throttle comment lol nice one Yoda

@JohnComeOnMan 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson.

@muhammadwaheed674 4 жыл бұрын

Bullseye. Perfect video for me as i faced the same issue and was unable to get the right cable. Thanx

@Fluid36 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks very much, really helpful.

@LitchKB 5 жыл бұрын

If you have a stick/mig welder you can earth the lug you screwed on and touch the end with the stick to melt the lot together. Neat and contained - won't ever fray.

@jahraizer250 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mr. Yoda always a pleasure

@MAKENTRAX 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid....found you through MVDBR Enduro...

@brianmac3194 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and nice to know how to work on cars it a excellent idea and excellent video

@mechanicalmisadventures7013 5 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. Can apply this to my mang mang powered chevy luv... Cheers boys! Love your content👍🇦🇺

@3rdpartyU5er 5 жыл бұрын

Some of the bicycle brake cables do have teflon liners. I had to put this out there because I just fixed my bicycle and bought that literal cable that Al has in his hands; Teflon liner with a metal cover wound over the teflon liner :)

@mycosys 5 жыл бұрын

anything decent these days has a Teflon liner at minimum. even under ten bucks

@craigjones9244 5 жыл бұрын

Great content thanks 👍

@thewarlaceffect 5 жыл бұрын

Good info as always boys, I need to redo mine after my turbo melted through my outer.

@SQLRYAN 5 жыл бұрын

Great video on cabling. Always pick up bit of knowledge from The Skid Factory videos. 6BT in a Mini? is that next build project??? Ha ha

@matts9011 5 жыл бұрын

Love it. Learnt most of what I do from you. The rest comes from being stuck on the side of the road LoL.

@T1M083 5 жыл бұрын

cheers Al and Woody

@HenningFosse 5 жыл бұрын

My dad learn me how to make new cables on my bike when I was 8-10 years old. When I got older and start working on cars I many times got use of that exerience.

@foihdzas 5 жыл бұрын

Killin' it al!

@scottferguson1932 5 жыл бұрын

You took the most mundane subject and made it interesting. That, my friend, is your super-power.

@SketchbookGuitar 5 жыл бұрын

Can you guys can make a video on how to customize a throttle body(with the cable) to connect to a custom aluminium intake manifold? like from a factory top side tb to a horizonal sideways intake manifold.

@Keck_YT 5 жыл бұрын

cheers al, very handy

@LizardCustom 5 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy the vids lads would just add I always solder my end fittings once I know there set right ......probably me just being an old Arse !!

@aaronwilliams6146 5 жыл бұрын

Great tip

@DashboardJesus999 5 жыл бұрын

Insanly usefull information for people who wouldn't normally think you can pull oem throttle cables apart.

@mountainconstructions 5 жыл бұрын

So good we have a Factory for Skids

@gavinhirt5231 5 жыл бұрын

Dont knw where you get your cable housing for your push bike. I buy buy them with the teflon liner and linear steel cable not spiral so the housing doesn't kink plus you can get it in bulk. The problem is the tube diameter inside

@johng69er 5 жыл бұрын

This unintentional Asmr cheers Alan

@spinnymclittlelegs101 5 жыл бұрын

Bike cable, Shimano m-sys has the teflon inner (can get colours other than black) and can get is on 50m rolls :)

@gizmoochi 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Could somebody please tell me why in my cars user manual it says there must be 8mm possible deflection between the anchor point and the throttle anchor point? What I mean is when the cable is set, you should be able to press down on the exposed inner cable between the two points and deviate it 8mm. It is in bold, italic in the user manual so I assume it's important.

@cardesinr 5 жыл бұрын

LOL That ending gave me a good laugh.

@SprayIgniteBoom 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@nortiousmaximus940 5 жыл бұрын

those end thingy's with the bolt in them for the throttle body, what are they called, i'm needing to do exactly this job, i know they can be got through a motorcycle shop, i just need to know what to ask for, thanks,,,, keep up the good work

@jmyd83 5 жыл бұрын

I've been missing your uploads ie not getting your notifications

@madmat2001 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, that's great but what if you have to make one longer? What do you do at the throttle pedal end?

@harmankardon478 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@TheBrokenLife 5 жыл бұрын

I might have missed it, but it looks like Al only taught us how to make a _shorter_ cable, not a longer one. How do you reattach the proprietary factory pedal bits to the end of a new, longer, cable? Great explanation of a topic I've never had to think much about though! Handy info to have.

@ExtraFungus 5 жыл бұрын

Get creative.

@MrWrongsalive 5 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't attach two cables. You can recreate the proprietary bits with solder or a like sized cable end. Look up soldering cable ends, there are a fair number of tutorials on KZfaq.

@TheBrokenLife 5 жыл бұрын

You guys are stating the obvious answers, but I'm expecting Al to have a non-obvious, and likely much better, answer. Much appreciated all the same. Hopefully he does a bit of a follow-up on this topic in the future.

@ExtraFungus 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheBrokenLife todd hit the nail on the head. If you're looking for step by step you'll have to find someone who's done it for your application, documented it, and published it.

@ExtraFungus 5 жыл бұрын

I like this, in the states it's not hard to get a high quality stainless inner cable for super cheap, it's carried at Home Depot.

@salvatorehest5516 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid Al, I’m about to do exactly the same on a Toyota cable which I need more length, did I miss or was it missed in the video how to do the pedal end onto the inner wire?

@theskidfactory 4 жыл бұрын

If you have to use a cable with no termination on either end you use the same small terminal that we used at the throttle end but if there is a specific shaped end on the pedal end that suits the pedal shape (commonly a disc shape) i would cut that off old cable and drill through it and reuse it as a "washer" then terminate with the barrel and screw arrangement. Hope this makes sense.

@salvatorehest5516 4 жыл бұрын

The Skid Factory thanks Al that makes perfect sense

@owlytv 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to the adjustable brass throttle cable ends?

@cuppie2112 5 жыл бұрын

I love you guy I actually learn if I could apprentice there I would but hold up when did he get all that grey don't be shy he said

@SuperTimeStretch 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please explain charge coolers vs. intercoolers vs. Radiators

@cynzhero62 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone agree al would make and awsome shop teacher?

@toddmccarter45 5 жыл бұрын

He IS our shop teacher

@someyoungguy6990 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but we have all seen the death glare he can give when prompted with a silly question or comment from the internet, could you imagine being on the wrong side of that?

@iadc43 5 жыл бұрын

some young guy “hey teach, how should I do this ridiculously simple task...?” Professor Al, “google it!”

@thepartypotatopooper6354 5 жыл бұрын

can you do a video on how to make up an adapter plate for gearbox fitted to engine that is not meant to be?

@Hicompvn 5 жыл бұрын

hey al you can also make a small mould, and create the lead stopper at the end of the cable, instead of buying the ends...

@LaurieFloodTeacher 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! I didn't think it would be so hard to get the accelerator cable for my Nissan Frontier. They want well over $100 because no one else is selling it. Absolutely ridiculous!

@crisismcnoodle 5 жыл бұрын

Noon question: is the throw of the pedal only limited by the throw of the throttle body? Another way to ask is are there ever instances where you have to modify the pedal to allow the throttle to open fully?

@Kryndon64 Жыл бұрын

What about the case where I want to EXTEND my existing cable? In that case I have to reuse the pedal-section of the inner cable and somehow extend it?

@83blackpuppet 5 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@Aidan.17 5 жыл бұрын

An old 86 Nissan pulsar i was driving had the throttle cable fray and jam on. I guess they weren’t using Teflon back then haha.

@austindoud273 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't go anywhere anyways

@kingtachoss 5 жыл бұрын

It should be the same process for lawnmower right?

@rw2396 3 жыл бұрын

thankyou

@crzy11000 5 жыл бұрын

Any suggestions what has a long cable that is currently in a junk yard so I can snag one the next time I go?

@austindoud273 5 жыл бұрын

Probably a van

@blueceffy4758 4 жыл бұрын

Where do I buy the adjusters from?

@tijmen9687 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, but i actually needed to know how to lenghten my throttle cabel for my application, how do you re-use the pedal linkage then? Anyhow thanks for the vids and keep up the good work! Greetings from the Netherlands

@theskidfactory 5 жыл бұрын

Valid point, it does require a different tact. Same principles but you need to use the barrel ends on both ends. Hard to cover every specific situation in one short video.

@jozsuahelmeczi 5 жыл бұрын

In case anyone is still confused, the point for any custom cable is to buy longer than you need. Follow the note from 13:40 regarding getting extra of the inside part to get from the pedal to the throttle with room for adjustment. The outside portion may get to be shorter if it only goes from the firewall to a support on the engine. The pedal linkage should be similar to the throttle where you have to match the right size cylinder or ball to fit your pedal and attach that to the cable or buy a cable with it permanently attached.

@mycosys 5 жыл бұрын

if you are lucky you might find another vehicle from the same manufacturer that you can shorten the cable from too

@iancole3070 2 жыл бұрын

I have a throttle cable I need to get the threaded nut off and put on a longer cable but it’s built on there… is there any way to take it apart to swap them?

@mikecrf5020 2 жыл бұрын

what mm inner cable to use say for a standard toyota jz set up please i need to extend my inner cable for my 2jz

@toddmccarter45 5 жыл бұрын

How'd you do the y on the v12

@Dyaknoittt 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the standard wire size for the throttle cable?

@ThisFinalHandle 5 жыл бұрын

Cable caveat: use whatever you can "including pushbike cables" especially if your throttle linkage has bust in a crocodile infested creak. Also pretty good for one take.

@someyoungguy6990 5 жыл бұрын

Moments when your arsehole is twitching like a rabbits nose, yeah to hell with proper any thing works !

@mycosys 5 жыл бұрын

Wireless accelerator is also acceptable in a pinch if you have a mate with you (tested in a Kombi, YMMV - "Go" "Stop"....)

@r4a2g0 5 жыл бұрын

Woody aged 10 years with that beard. You guys are great, thanks for all you do.

@JxH 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that, if one is mixing and matching parts from different vehicles, the pedal travel (measure on the cable) needs to match the required throttle travel (measured on its end of the cable. You don't want to leave unaccessible throttle travel (e.g. max 85% throttle opening). And you don't want to have the pedal tearing the side off the throttle body either. They have to match fairly closely. For consideration.