Sticky throttle cable

[Rick]

My throttle was beginning to stick intermittently. I couldn't figure out where the bind was coming from for quite awhile and I was REALLY sick of having it stick at the most inoportune times. One day last week I was checking out the cable again and I put a little pressure on the cable where it enters the firwall. The thing just cracked and out poured powdered rust!

The cable has a rubber sheath over the back half and water must get trappped under it rusting the cable.

I ordered a new cable, found out none of the dealers stock the part so it took a week and a half to arrive. Today I swapped it out. When I slid back the rubber sheath on the old cable I was surprised at how much damage there was under there.

This may be something to check on your older Explorers since I live in a dry climate, I'm sure some who live in wet climates will have the same problem. It's a good thing to catch before you have a problem.

 

[jimbo74]

crap, i better check this out, back in 2001, i drove my truck from april to december with no hood or fender...... and now, its been sitting under a tarp in the elemnts for the past year without a roof!

 

[section525]

Mine just started to get a little sticky a few days ago. I'll have to check it out. What part are you talking about cracking? The cable or the sheath?

One more damn thing...

 

[Rick]

It's under the rubber sheath. Not the cable itself that pulls, but rather the housing around it.

 

[rpenner54]

Thats what your hand throttle is for. j/k Although I do like using mine sometimes instead of the pedal.

I will check mine out during its re-build here.