Cracked Throttle Cable Nuts '79 550L

[Guest]

I am in initial disassembly of my project, a 79 550L, and noticed that the plastic nuts which secure the throttle cable to the elbow piece have cracked. One is snapped, the other is not far behind. I noticed there do not seem to be any exact aftermarket throttle cable kits available, so what are my options? The rest of the cable/throttle is fine, so I would like to replace the nuts that are broken, or just buy all new throttle cables with new elbows.

Any advice?

 

[roeme]

First off, here's an aftermarket part: https://www.wemoto.com/bikes/suzuki/gs_550_lt_us_model/79/picture/throttle_cable_a_pull

Secondly, I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but when I was in the same predicament as you, I simply ordered two "pulls" (But I'm not sure wether I ordered from wemoto). The difference in length is negligible.

Thirdly, and this I do remember very well, in one case the cables did not fit at the control assembly, so I had adapter bushings built. It's possible that it didn't fit because the bike in question was somewhat frankenstein'd by PO. On my other bike, they fit without modification. Here's the post where I install them: Clicky.

 

[Guest]

I went and looked at them again and realized both the push and pull seem to be the same. For that price I'm not too bummed buying two of them.

@roeme, I had seen your post, but am hoping to avoid a trip to the machine shop, figured any "custom" cables would require the insert like you have. I think I'll be good though with the Motion Pro replacements at Z1. Thanks for the reply!