Throttle Cable/Linkage: Service and Repair
THIS ARTICLE REFLECTS CHANGES MADE BY TSB #94025A, DATED MARCH 15,1994.NOTE: THIS PROCEDURE MAY BE COVERED BY FACTORY RECALL #94V035.
NOTE:
The following Steps must be carefully followed to ensure that cable slack length is available between the bracket at the air cleaner [Bracket "A"] and the engine room rear wall. This slack length will prevent the cable cover from being pulled away from the cable guide during engine movement.
1. Using a tape measure, place the tape at the guide end of the cable and measure 396 mm of cable length away from the guide and place a mark at that point. (Do not measure from the engine room wall location.) Measure an additional 385 mm away from the first mark and place a second mark.
2. Apply a thin layer of 3M Adhesion Promoter P/N K-500, [Do not substitute this product] to the inside walls of the two (2) "clips" (slit pieces of hose),P/N 18225-1E500. Also, apply 3M K-5O0 to the areas on the cable where you made the two (2) marks, as indicated in.
NOTE: Do not substitute any other clamp (such as worm-type) in place of the spring-type clamp provided in the Kit.
3. Secure the cable into Bracket "A" and Bracket "B" with the "clip" (slit pieces of hose) on the trailing edge of each bracket.
4. Route and clamp the remaining cable and secure into throttle drum. Check that the throttle valve opens fully when the accelerator pedal is fully depressed and that it returns to the idle position when the pedal is released. Refer to the 1994 Altima Service Manual, FE Section, for the proper adjusting procedure for the throttle cable.
5. Before the Adhesion Promoter dries, attach the "clips" (hose pieces) over the cable, at the two locations identified in Step 8 [refer to Figure 5]. Slide the hose clamps over the cable (squeeze spring clamp apart to slip over the adjusting nuts located on the throttle drum end). Position the clamp over the "clips" (hose pieces) to secure them in place. Make sure that the tabs on the clamps are pointing downward.