Hooking up a go kart throttle cable?

Question

My cousin brought his broken go kart over and I'm trying to fix it for him. I have never worked on or used a go kart before. I know exactly what is wrong, the throttle cable needed replaced. The previous owners did a real sloppy job repairing it before they sold it! I've got a nice throttle cable off an old lawn mower that will hook on the engine fine with it's little hook -- but there is nothing to secure the cable to to keep it from moving. The previous owner had the cable held down by a bolt and washer, but the throttle cable I'm using is too fat is metal in the area that needs to be held down. Any suggestions on getting the throttle cable hooked up?

Answer 1

if there is a lawn mower repair shop around they will have a the wright fastner for it the washer deal sounds a little riggy the correct fastner will not cost more than $5..made my son one a couple years ago got all my parts from a lawn mower repair shop

Answer 2

As a rule most lawn mower throttle cables should not be used because they are to hard to move quick enough in a panic shut down situation.You will need a flexable cable with a armored housing and have a return spring hooked so the throttle will return quickly.Their really needs to be a adjustment nut set up to shorten or lengthen the out cable housing to hold the outer housing down any piece of metal shaped to cover it with a s***w to hold it down will work.