Check Your Reproduction Throttle Cable Twice
The previously installed throttle cable appears to have been not factory original, but fitment was correct (it could have been NOS, could have been reproduction. The problem began when I decided to remove some rust on the throttle cable bracket with a wire brush/electric drill without having removed the cable. The next thing I knew, the wire brush was wrapping up the cable in the drill, resulting in a non-servicable cable.
Year One to the rescue? Waited a month for the replacement cable to arrive via USPS. It looks like they got the length correct. However, both ends are wrong.
The hole machined for the carburetor attachment (in my case, the original Carter AFB for the '65 Formula S) is oversize, which will cause some slop in the operation. The old cable has a simple 3/16" opening/hole. The Year One cable is more than 13/64" and less than 7/32". God only knows what size that is (metric maybe?). But that is the least of my problems.
On the other end, the slot machined for the factory E type external circlip that affixes the cable to the bracket is wider than the old cable. But worse yet, it is machined way too deep and the factory circlip just falls off. I guess the main shaft diameter is not the same either. Why is it so difficult to copy a simple item in the year 2020/2021?
The previously installed throttle cable appears to have been not factory original, but fitment was correct (it could have been NOS, could have been reproduction. The problem began when I decided to remove some rust on the throttle cable bracket with a wire brush/electric drill without having removed the cable. The next thing I knew, the wire brush was wrapping up the cable in the drill, resulting in a non-servicable cable.
Year One to the rescue? Waited a month for the replacement cable to arrive via USPS. It looks like they got the length correct. However, both ends are wrong.
The hole machined for the carburetor attachment (in my case, the original Carter AFB for the '65 Formula S) is oversize, which will cause some slop in the operation. The old cable has a simple 3/16" opening/hole. The Year One cable is more than 13/64" and less than 7/32". God only knows what size that is (metric maybe?). But that is the least of my problems.
On the other end, the slot machined for the factory E type external circlip that affixes the cable to the bracket is wider than the old cable. But worse yet, it is machined way too deep and the factory circlip just falls off. I guess the main shaft diameter is not the same either. Why is it so difficult to copy a simple item in the year 2020/2021?