Throttle Cable/Linkage: Service and Repair

ACCELERATOR CABLE












Removal and Installation
1. Remove the screw, pin-type retainer and the accelerator control cover shield.
- To install, tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).

2. NOTE: Vehicles use either a push-on design or slide-on design accelerator cable connector at the throttle body. The slide-on design supersedes the push-on design and is used as a replacement on all vehicles.

Disconnect the accelerator cable from the throttle body.







3. Squeeze the tabs and remove the accelerator cable from the bracket.
4. Remove the nuts and the accelerator cable-to-valve cover stud brackets.
- To install, tighten to 10 Nm (89 lb-in).

5. Remove the accelerator cable grommet from the dash panel.







6. Remove the accelerator cable from the rubber plunger.







7. Position the plunger rearward and remove the cable from the accelerator pedal.
- Remove the accelerator cable.

8. To install, reverse the removal procedure.