Cruise control cable adjustment
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Drifting
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Georgetown TX
Cruise control cable adjustment
My cruise control cable on my 89 appears to be adjusted too tight and not allowing the throttle to return all the way at times. Not sure how to adjust it
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2014
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From: New Port Richey FL
go to the cruise Servo (black bellows by Battery ) carefully pull the protective cover over the washer that retains it(do it from the engine side away from bellows), inside the protective tube you will find a chain much like a pull chain you find on a pull chain light switch. loosen up the adjuster nuts put a little slack in the chain tight up the nuts.
but before starting to adjust, feel the chain inside the tube if you feel slack in it no need to adjust.
if you feel slack in the chain odds are your throttle plates are binding , and need a cleaning. also check that the throttle cable it self is not binding or stuck on carpet or something under dash, I tend to think the cruise cable adjustment is not a problem they don't tend to self adjust themselves tight.
Last edited by s carter; Dec 17, 2014 at 05:25 PM.
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,504
Likes: 73
From: Georgetown TX
go to the cruise Servo (black bellows by Battery ) carefully pull the protective cover over the washer that retains it(do it from the engine side away from bellows), inside the protective tube you will find a chain much like a pull chain you find on a pull chain light switch. loosen up the adjuster nuts put a little slack in the chain tight up the nuts.
but before starting to adjust, feel the chain inside the tube if you feel slack in it no need to adjust.
if you feel slack in the chain odds are your throttle plates are binding , and need a cleaning. also check that the throttle cable it self is not binding or stuck on carpet or something under dash, I tend to think the cruise cable is not a problem they don't tend to self adjust themselves tight.
but before starting to adjust, feel the chain inside the tube if you feel slack in it no need to adjust.
if you feel slack in the chain odds are your throttle plates are binding , and need a cleaning. also check that the throttle cable it self is not binding or stuck on carpet or something under dash, I tend to think the cruise cable is not a problem they don't tend to self adjust themselves tight.
Sounds like a plan to me. Thanks
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Orlando FL
Just fixed very similar problem on my 98 Jeep. The actual cable between the cruise servo and throttle was bad. The inner steel cable was tight and binding causing the car to have a high idle at times and not completely disengaging. No kinks and the cable looked perfect and I could not free it up and had to replace it.
Just something to check out which gets overlooked.
Just something to check out which gets overlooked.
