I just put a new throttle cable on my mower and when it is at full throttle the cable keeps creeping to back to about half. I tried to tighten the cable clamp as tight as I could get it and it still creeps back. I took the clamp off and straightened it out put it back on tight but it still creeps back. I don't think I could get it any tighter without crushing the coiled jacket, but it's tight enough to hold it in place. Any ideas?
wildwood 1
Sounds like the throttle lever isn't snug enough.
Look at the control assy and see if it has a nut to tighten...
I've had to snug up the rivet on the other style a few times...
Hit the rivet with a hammer
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Look at the control assy and see if it has a nut to tighten...
I've had to snug up the rivet on the other style a few times...
Hit the rivet with a hammer
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Thanks. I didn't try that, but I did fix the problem. Well maybe I bypassed the problem. I cut about an inch and a half off the cable and put a new bend in it and that seemed to help a little but not enough. Tried that again and it was still throttling down.
What I did is I swapped the throttle cable and the choke cable and it worked great. I only need the choke on full for a couple of seconds so that did the trick. I am going to check into the lever assembly though. If that is o.k. than I guess I just paid the scag dealer $30 dollars for a defective cable.
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