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[lou]

I am about to take off the throttle body for a gas flowed one, but I am unsure how to remove the throttle cable from its ball socket, the cruise appears to be a E-clip. I am sure its easy but I dont want to damage any thing.

[TheBoy]

thottle cable, small spring clip, just rotate spring clip, then withdraw. Then unclip the cable from the ball.

Cruise is simple E clip

[lou]

I have looked for that but can not see it, I wonder if anyone would have a pic of it..

[Andy B]

You'll see a wire clip around the back of the ball/socket. Unlip it from the cable, rotate it 180^o & it then slides out along the length of the cable - away from the ball/socket ........ not easy to explain. Even when you have removed the clip, sometimes the socket can put up a fight in actually popping off the ball.

[RobG]

Courtesy of Hotel21 http://images.omegaowners.com/images/guides/prefacelift_cruise_retrofit/cruisespringclipandcirclipTB.jpg

[lou]

Thanks for pic..Just as I suspected the clip is missing.Does that mean the metal back bit on ball socket slides along the cable?

[Andy B]

Doh! I'll delete my photo's then! 

[Abiton]

You'll see a wire clip around the back of the ball/socket. Unlip it from the cable, rotate it 180^o & it then slides out along the length of the cable - away from the ball/socket ........ not easy to explain. Even when you have removed the clip, sometimes the socket can put up a fight in actually popping off the ball.

You're not kidding! I've tried and tried on ours and always failed.  (And yes, I had removed the clip  )You don't want to break it, after all.
Is there a tool that could make this job easier, anyone?

[RobG]

Thanks for pic..Just as I suspected the clip is missing.Does that mean the metal back bit on ball socket slides along the cable?

If the clip is missing should just be able to prise the "ball" off. Might be a bit tight but it will release.

[lou]

Its obvious that some mechanic at some point did not put the clip back and there is me looking for it....lol

[Andy B]

You'll see a wire clip around the back of the ball/socket. Unlip it from the cable, rotate it 180^o & it then slides out along the length of the cable - away from the ball/socket ........ not easy to explain. Even when you have removed the clip, sometimes the socket can put up a fight in actually popping off the ball.

You're not kidding! I've tried and tried on ours and always failed.  (And yes, I had removed the clip  )You don't want to break it, after all.
Is there a tool that could make this job easier, anyone?

If you ever get your off, or look at A N Other, there's a wire clip that lives inside the socket. If it's never seen any lubrication in its life, then it rusts to the inside & won't flex as you try to get it off the ball. A little blob of grease works wonders for future removal.   

[Andy B]

Its obvious that some mechanic at some point did not put the clip back and there is me looking for it....lol

Probably ended up in the engine bay at some time, they can be fiddly to put back. 

[tunnie]

bloody crap design those things, another vote for DBW and its plug and play method 

[Andy B]

bloody crap design those things, another vote for DBW and its plug and play method 

They've been around a while. They're used as belts braces for a lot of gas struts ball & socket ends (our bonnets use another method  )

[tunnie]

bloody crap design those things, another vote for DBW and its plug and play method 

They've been around a while. They're used as belts braces for a lot of gas struts ball & socket ends (our bonnets use another method  )

Its just so fiddly, and when it does go it usually goes pinging of at about 1,000 mph