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1987 honda prelude throttle cable

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:54 pm
by wingwong
Hello, I took the throttle cables off to do a cylinder head I missed up and put them back wrong does any one know now to adjust them,I"ve looked in chilton repair manual no luck,I"ve got a 2.0 si automatic transmission Thank You

Re: 1987 honda prelude throttle cable

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:10 am
by spiffyguido
The throttle cable should have a threaded sleeve with two adjust nuts on it. Do you see that? You move the nuts to adjust the baseline cable tension.

Re: 1987 honda prelude throttle cable

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:42 pm
by wingwong
Thank you for the rely,tension on both cables sould be ?

Re: 1987 honda prelude throttle cable

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:53 pm
by spiffyguido
Just enough so that when the gas pedal is released the throttle butterfly just closes.