Martin S. Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Evening gents, during annual, I realized this outer nut (see circle in foto) on the bolt holding the flap control cable. It does not look correct, because the bolt has not enough thread to carry the self lock nut. At least a couple of threads should "look out" the nut. Something must be wrong here. The IPC (see attached figure) mentions only one nut. Is it maybe possible that the outer nut should be completely removed, and the inner nut should be shifted outside (towards the cable) to clamp the cable against its hole so it is blocked? That way the outer nut would be obsolete. Onl thing, the bolt might be able of "swimming" a little in the axial direction. Has anobody by coincidence a foto of his cable fixing or knows whether my interpretion is correct? Thanks, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrach Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Definitely not stock. IPC calls for a single nut (MS20364-428) and two washers. It looks like the nut specified is a thinner than what’s currently on there. Perhaps @M20Doc now’s how it should be configured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20F Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 I would just toss on some JB Weld and call it Miller time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 FWIW, that cable just drives the indicator display thingie. If it is working it may not need attention. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT20J Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 I don't have a picture of that, but here is a similar installation for the parking brake valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S. Posted July 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, PT20J said: I don't have a picture of that, but here is a similar installation for the parking brake valve. Thanks a lot - that explains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSMooniac Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 That pic fits my recollection from my J... I'll be in that area this weekend and will try to remember to take a pic of it. I replaced that cable (and indicator) with a newer version during my center console and engine control swap many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S. Posted July 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 hours ago, KSMooniac said: That pic fits my recollection from my J... I'll be in that area this weekend and will try to remember to take a pic of it. I replaced that cable (and indicator) with a newer version during my center console and engine control swap many years ago. Thanks - I would appreciate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSMooniac Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 Here ya go! Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S. Posted July 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 16 hours ago, KSMooniac said: Here ya go! Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk Thanks, that explains all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT20J Posted July 9, 2022 Report Share Posted July 9, 2022 It’s interesting that for the flap cable, the washer is on the cable side of the nut, but for the parking brake it is on the other side. I looked and both pictures appear to agree with the relevant drawings in the IPC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 10, 2022 Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 17 hours ago, PT20J said: It’s interesting that for the flap cable, the washer is on the cable side of the nut, but for the parking brake it is on the other side. I looked and both pictures appear to agree with the relevant drawings in the IPC. Different engineers spec'ed the drawings, probably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT20J Posted July 10, 2022 Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 37 minutes ago, EricJ said: Different engineers spec'ed the drawings, probably. As one coworker used to say, "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 On 7/9/2022 at 5:44 PM, PT20J said: It’s interesting that for the flap cable, the washer is on the cable side of the nut, but for the parking brake it is on the other side. I looked and both pictures appear to agree with the relevant drawings in the IPC. The flap indicator cable has very little load on it, it just moves that little pointer below the throttle. The parking brake cable actually has tension and moves a valve to lock the hydraulic pressure in the brake lines. So no, they don't need to attach the same way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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