The things i do to save a few bucks (1 Viewer)

[Rifleman]

A few days back i was working up under my dash replacing the ignition switch on my truck, in order to do that job you have to remove the lower trim panel,

Mounted to that lower trim panel is the factory hand throttle control cable, Well as bad luck would have it mine got broken when i went to reinstall it,

The plastic part of the cable housing broke off where it fits inside a metal crimp fitting,

I looked on line and i can buy a new one from Partsouq for 29 bucks plus shipping, for a grand total of about 45 bucks and a week or so wait for it to get here,

But since it's a nice 4TH of July weekend i decided to try and fix the cable myself, What i did is i made a set of custom metal split clamps with 2 guide pins to align, and clamp the two parts back together,

After looking at my photos and all the work it took to make this clamp, Please tell me if you think I'm crazy to spend this much time repairing a broken cable, or should i of just spent the money and bought a new one,

This first photo is a photo of where the plastic cable housing snapped off from the metal crimp tube

This photo is a side view of the clamp i made with 2 guide pins to align and clamp everything back together

And last, this is a top view of the clamp

 

[OGBeno]

Bought a Prius…. 10 years ago now.

My budget for LC parts increased immensely.

 

[mudgudgeon]

Please tell me if you think I'm crazy to spend this much time repairing a broken cable,

indubitably!!
but who do you know owns a landcruiser who isn't?

or should i of just spent the money and bought a new one,

I mean, you're here bragging about your skills, so sounds like you enjoyed making it?

 

[ColoradoBoy]

Please tell me if you think I'm crazy to spend this much time repairing a broken cable, or should i of just spent the money and bought a new one

How much time did it take? Regardless, nice fabrication and fix!!
TBH, we are all a bit crazy when it comes to our rigs, right?

 

[thatcabledude]

I’m not familiar with how that goes together, but looks like glue would have done the job?

 

[thatcabledude]

Bought a Prius…. 10 years ago now.

My budget for LC parts increased immensely.

This. There’s also something to be said for having a daily that is absolutely nothing more than an appliance that you couldn’t care less about.

My beater cost less than a set of tires for my 80 and happens to also be a blast to drive.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

Are the guide pins just press fit?
I don't see heads and threads, what holds the clamps together, other than friction?

 

[mudgudgeon]

This. There’s also something to be said for having a daily that is absolutely nothing more than an appliance that you couldn’t care less about.

My beater cost less than a set of tires for my 80 and happens to also be a blast to drive also.

I like this.

My beater/work truck is gonna keep me poor with oil changes, and every tick is gonna keep me awake worried about cam phasers!

 

[Rifleman]

I mean, you're here bragging about your skills, so sounds like you enjoyed making it?

Me brag about my skills, never, and yes i did very much enjoy making them,

How much time did it take? Regardless, nice fabrication and fix!!
TBH, we are all a bit crazy when it comes to our rigs, right?

Both clamps started out as a solid piece of a 1 inch OD 12L14 round stock about 1 and 1/2 inches long,

Both clamps were machined together to maintain concentricity of the clamping bores since each bore was a different sizes, along with the alignment of the 3/16 guide pin bores,

It took about an hour and 45 minutes to make both clamps, It would of taken ALOT less time to complete the job if i didn't have my neighbor helping me,

I’m not familiar with how that goes together, but looks like glue would have done the job?

That would be a BIG NO on gluing those 2 items back together, the glue would never hold, way to small of a contact surface

Are the guide pins just press fit?
I don't see heads and threads, what holds the clamps together, other than friction?

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First thing to remember is both clamps are split clamps, so they fully come apart in 2 pieces, Next both alignment pins fit into a ,001 oversized reamed hole, so that is a slip fit, When the 8/32 screws are tightened down to clamp each end of the cable housing in alignment, that produces just enough deflection in each clamp to bind the 3/16 inch pins in place without the need for threads or a press fit,

 

[CharlieS]

Nice work.

Life is too short to drive a non Land Cruiser beater car.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

It took about an hour and 45 minutes to make both clamps, It would of taken ALOT less time to complete the job if i didn't have my neighbor helping me,

Been there!