Having extra slack in your throttle cable should not cause any idle or performance problems. Most Honda throttle bodies have an idle adjustment screw that will fine tune your idle. You should never use the tension in your throttle cable to change your idle speed. As the engine moves around in the engine bay your idle/throttle will change if you have no slack in your cable.

 

i was having the same problem taking off in first.....i'm going outside right now!

 

For what it's worth, I adjusted mine to about 1/2" slack (from 1") tonight and went for a short drive with a noticed change. Not huge but enough to notice with easier throttle control and a bit better response.

Thanks for the heads up Rdriver!

 

OMG, I can't believe how out-of-spec my cable was, like 3 times the play required!

My car only has 7600 miles, it couldn't have loosened that much since new...

Tools: Small scale/ruler and 12mm open-end wrench.

Engine off.

Check free play by lifting the middle of the exposed cable up with your finger with very light force. Check with a ruler, If it deflects more than 1/4 inch, it needs adjusted.

Loosen 12mm locknut, the one toward the front of the car by pushing the wrench away from you. Keep turning locknut a few more turns to get it out of the way. Turn adjusting nut (the one on the other side of the bracket) with 12mm wrench until the slack in the cable is where it is supposed to be (1/4 inch deflection when lifting up). Turn locknut back down and tighten. Double-check slack.

If you have any driving problems or excess idle, check adjustment again, you may have moved the adjusting nut too far towards tight.

 

please read this

 

Da Hapa...................I almost feel as though I could kiss you.

 

Easy there, big fella. My wife will get jealous.

 

Holy Cow, I just did this myself.... I had the same experience destiny2000 did..... 3/4" worth of play either way. My throttle cable actually SAGGED when it was at idle.......... If you haven't done this, do it. Clutching and rev-matching is like a hot knife thru butter now..... Worth every single one of the 2 minutes it took

 

PS - I now have a bit of the "excess high idle" but I am able to blip the throttle and it go down to stock idle..... wonder if my butterfly or something is sticky... probably the pulley on the throttle..... since I can blip it closed I'm going to leave it for now.....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wicky
[B]Holy Cow, I just did this myself.... I had the same experience destiny2000 did..... 3/4" worth of play either way.