Throttle cable giving me hell

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mybabyk5

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so i finally busted my throttle cable and thought it was a simple fix...it was, until about 30 minutes down the road and it started getting harder and harder to engage the accelerator...it shuts off the tbi fine but it just is a pain in the ass to drive a stick when its not smooth...ive adjusted it i dunno how many times and even shortened it, any ideas?
 

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You shouldn't be having these problems. I don't think it can be in the adjustment can it? What I'd be looking for, is if you may have kinked the new cable on install? Is that possible or am I not understanding your issue?
 

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I pulled it out the other day and it was fine, so this may sound crazy, but i filled the inner tube with u joint grease and slid the cable back through and has been fine since. Sometimes I just dont understand some things lol
 

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Might have been a bad one ya got then, that's weird.
 

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