Throttle Cable/Linkage: Service and Repair

CAUTION: Adjust throttle cable after installation. Adjustments

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- Remove and install panelling for instrument panel.
- Disconnect Bowden cable on accelerator-lever shaft.
- Installation:
Check rubber grommet (1), replace if necessary.





- Compress retaining hook and pull Bowden cable out of engine-compartment wall.

6-cylinder




- Compress nipple mounts on both lugs and press out of operating lever.

NOTE: Intake pipe was removed for demonstration purposes.





- Press nipple out of nipple mounts.
- Take Bowden cable out of nipple mounts.





- Remove protective cap using a screwdriver.
- Pull out Bowden cable towards rear of vehicle.
- Take rubber pad out of retainer.
- Installation:
Guide in Bowden cable as far as stop.





- Overview of throttle cable to throttle-valve assembly:
1 Nipple
2 Accelerator Bowden cable
3 Protective cap
4 Rubber mount
5 Sleeve
6 Adjusting screw

Engine M52:





- Press nipple (1) of Bowden cable out of nipple mount.
- Pull Bowden cable out of rubber mount (2) and detach rubber mount from bracket.
- Installation:
First engage rubber mount (2) in bracket and then press Bowden cable into rubber mount.

4-cylinder:





- Unscrew screw.
- Fold up cover.





- Press nipple mount apart at both lugs and press out of operating lever.





- Press nipple out of nipple mounts.
- Installation:
Check installed position (rear take-up).





- Unbend nipple mounts using a screwdriver and remove Bowden cable.
- Installation:
Replace nipple mounts.





- Remove protective cap using a screwdriver.
- Pull out Bowden cable towards rear of vehicle.
- Installation:
Guide in Bowden cable as far as stop.

Engine M44:





- Remove cap (1).
- Press together both locking hooks of nipple mount and press nipple mount out of operating lever.
- The subsequent work step is identical to that for the M52 engine, see above.