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I recently removed my intake manifold to replace gaskets and pulled the throttle cable out of the way. When I replaced everything and checked everything, it seems as if the throttle cable has more slack now. The pedal seems to be a little closer to the floor as well. I don't know how I could have possibly messed anything up by just moving the cable out of the way and putting it back, but I must have found a way. Or maybe just bending that 20 year old wire was enough to stretch it out a half inch or so. Is there any way to adjust this? I've searched forums, but nothing seems to make sense. I have a NON TRACTION CONTROL model, so that adjustment I've found on forums and threads will not work in my situation. This seems like more slack than before
Last edited by 2001ws6ft; Jun 5, 2021 at 03:21 PM.
There's actually two of them and the one I'm pointing at runs from the pedal to the transducer or cruise control module and the one below that comes from the module and runs up to the throttle body.
You'll have to remove the plastic locking tab and turn the adjustment wheel to tighten or loosen the cable. I'd start with the one for the throttle body and you may want to have someone in the car to push the pedal to the floor so you can make sure its adjusted for WOT.
Last edited by 01CamaroSSTx; Jun 5, 2021 at 03:33 PM.
There's actually two of them and the one I'm pointing at runs from the pedal to the transducer or cruise control module and the one below that comes from the module and runs up to the throttle body.
I may be mistaken, but I don't think my throttle cable is like that. My throttle cable seems to run from the firewall to the throttle body directly. Is that a traction control version you're pointing at? Mine's non traction control.
You must not have cruise control then so I would try twisting the cable to see if you can get some of the slack out of it. I'd inspect the cable and make sure there's nothing that could be an issue with it though.
Last edited by 01CamaroSSTx; Jun 5, 2021 at 03:42 PM.
That's traction control not cruise control. I also don't have that extra cable with adjuster, because no TCS. I used a couple of fishing line weights on the throttle cable to try to eliminate slack, didn't make much difference. I believe it can be adjusted at the pedal, which would be a PITA.
I think both ends have a swaged ferrule on the end. Only adjustment is distance of clips to where the cable ends hook up, and those are fixed locations. Check that something funky didn't come loose at the pedal side. Also, I've never seen a stock throttle body but I know my Nick Williams throttle body has two positions to hook up cable to the blade, and one of those positions is too short....
That's traction control not cruise control. I also don't have that extra cable with adjuster, because no TCS. I used a couple of fishing line weights on the throttle cable to try to eliminate slack, didn't make much difference. I believe it can be adjusted at the pedal, which would be a PITA.
I wonder how that slack got in there. Everything bolts up on a fixed location. I must've just stretched out an old cable moving it around the engine bay for access to the intake manifold.
I've given up. I bought a Chevrolet "performance" cable from Summit racing. It'll be arriving shortly and I'll compare it to the old one before installing. I really hope it solves my issue. And wow was getting that cable out the firewall a PITA.
I've given up. I bought a Chevrolet "performance" cable from Summit racing. It'll be arriving shortly and I'll compare it to the old one before installing. I really hope it solves my issue. And wow was getting that cable out the firewall a PITA.
While you were under the dash unhooking the cable at the pedal did you happen to notice if the pedal is mounted on a round metal rod? When I did an ls swap into a old Nova I was able to bend the pedal (rod) to give it enough travel room, No amount of adjusting on the cable was going to fix it in my case.
While you were under the dash unhooking the cable at the pedal did you happen to notice if the pedal is mounted on a round metal rod? When I did an ls swap into a old Nova I was able to bend the pedal (rod) to give it enough travel room, No amount of adjusting on the cable was going to fix it in my case.
I didn't, but I will now that you mentioned it. I'm going to see that after I see if the new cable will fix the issue. It's SUPPOSED to be a replacement for a stock f body throttle cable so I will be able to compare it to the old one, see if it stretched, and install it. If the new cable doesn't fix the issue, it probably means I did something stupid when replacing everything. But I just can't see how this would be possible since there isn't any way to adjust the location of the throttle bracket, manifold that it's attached to, etc.....
That's traction control not cruise control. I also don't have that extra cable with adjuster, because no TCS. I used a couple of fishing line weights on the throttle cable to try to eliminate slack, didn't make much difference. I believe it can be adjusted at the pedal, which would be a PITA.
Throttle cable slack 
