How to Replace the Throttle Cable Bushing: BMW Z3!
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2023
- Today we'll replace the trottle cable bushing where the throttle cable connects to the accelerator pedal assembly. This is a small but critical part that can leave you stranded if it fails.
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USCG Mark, thank you so much!!! on Monday, April 1 the Z left me stranded in Wilmington and it took 3 1/2 hours to make it back with a tow truck. Could not get the car in the shop until April 15. I took a chance and ordered a throttle bushing using your screen shot of the part # for $5.75 from Amazon on April 2. part came today I took the cover off and lo and behold, guess what? throttle bushing missing!! WAHOO! Not only are you teaching me, you are inspiring me! - USN Deb ❤
So nice to hear! And thank you for your service! Glad it worked out.
nothing like hopping out in the middle of an intersection after a right turn to reconnect your throttle to the pedal lol😅
Excitement!
After dislocating every muscle in my back and failing I found your video. It was great. My 3 is 150K and everything is failing. Very disappointed in the enginering and qualility. I do have to praise the body after 27 years in New England I still have no rust.
Hope I helped! Always stretch prior to z3 work!
Awesome video 👍 I hope you show my z3 next video 😊 hello from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 👋
Thank you! I take them in order. It will be soon. Thanks for watching!
Just broke on mine 1 hour ago lol, thanks for the excellent video!
Glad to help! Good luck!
I checked my Z -- it does indeed have a "toebox" cover (FYI, there are a number of this cover on eBay). I never really recognized this before since it so snugly nestled up under the dash area. So, in the future I will check the bushings you identify in your video. Many thanks. 😀
Thank you Mark. As an older Z3 owner myself, I appreciate that some repairs are now more awkward than they would have been some years ago. Great video and useful info. 👍
Thank you! Appreciate it!
Mark I love your videos, keep them coming. I would love to have you do an ignition switch replacement.
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Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you! If you had not shared this, I would never have a reason to check this unless my accelerator quit working. I checked and the bushing was completely missing in my car. Have no idea how long it has been gone. Waiting on the bushing to arrive to correct this.
Glad I could help!
The throttle cable bushing on my 1999 Z3 broke and I was stranded at an intersection. No fun. Eventually got the car towed home and repaired the throttle bushing. So, being proactive, I decided to replace the throttle cable bushing on my 2001 Z3 to avoid a repeat breakdown. But to my surprise, the 2001 does not use a throttle cable or bushing. Instead, it uses an electrically controlled throttle reostat mechanism to control throttle movement, much more complicated and expensive, but I'm not sure it's any more reliable.
That is very interesting! Hadn't heard that from anyone yet. Now that is all cars of course. My mazda is that way. On the old one you could repair with a cable tie in an emergency. Dont know what to do with a bad reostat.
You have a more modern m52tu or m54 engine in the z3. Those are drive by wire (electronic throttle body) which isn’t cable driven
Thanks for the tips Mark! I will have to check mine after I'm done with my major project. Gotta be careful not to sidetrack myself lol.
Absolutely!
Let’s see that Clutch Pedal bushing video. The removal of the toe box cover is golden. 🏎️💨
That may be next! Have to see how hard it is to remove the other plastic.
@@MomentofZed super! My clutch pedal has little flex when pushed to floor… I want to be proactive. I have special method for installing antenna grommet i can share.
@@rmiller8832 feel free to send the grommet method via email, love to look at it!
@@MomentofZed spent 20minutes looking for email links… maybe I am too old for youtube email?
@@rmiller8832 I'm momentofzed@gmail.com
Damn, that is a beautiful color too!
Thanks! I love it!
The tool worked like a charm and so did your instructions! It was the exact same issue for my 1997 Z3 as for yours. I also replaced the bushings (following your instructional video as well) and has the code light up. It turned out that there WAS a loose connector under the passenger seat, but the light wouldn’t turn off, regardless. Less than a minute with the reset tool and everybody in the house is happy again. Thanks for the videos!
Was just under there the other day changing out the master clutch cylinder, very awkward and painful.
Yep, it's pretty awful. I need a small assistant.
Thank you, great job.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Well done video on a challenging location.
Thank you so much Rick! Appreciate you!
Good fix thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Well done.
At some point I fear I also have to put my body in these weird angles.
And again it's always the Penny parts which can bring you troubles.
Best regards from Germany!
Good luck when you do!
Great Mark!!😊😊
Thank you for the idea!
This isn't related to this video. But I wanted to say that you have several videos that have been very helpful to us. I bought my 16y/o a 1996 BMW Z3 for his first car. Actually bought it for him when he was 15 so he could start learning to drive a 5spd. But he loves the car. He just got his driver's license, so he has been out running the roads on his own......lol. But you have some great videos that are helping us take care of some things on the Z3.
Good for him! I'm glad I could help! Feel free to email details and pics and we'll get him on zed of the week.
@@MomentofZed thanks we will do that.
Excellent video and I appreciate your effort. Lost the use of the accelerator pedal on my '96 328i with 37,000 original miles on it two days ago and suspect the bushing gave out. 110 in Phoenix today, but your video makes replacement of the grommet look doable. Thanks!
Thank you for watching and good luck!
After three brief attempts to replace the grommet in 110+ degree heat, I threw in the towel and took the car to a local mechanic (I temporarily secured the linkage with a paperclip). Mind you, I'm 75 with some serious physical issues, and contorting myself into that footwell nearly trapped me for life (just kidding, but it was challenging extracting myself after one of the attempts). What I couldn't do, Mike, the mechanic did in five minutes. And what he knew, that I didn't, was that once you remove the panel under the steering wheel, there is another underlying panel. With an extension on his socket wrench, he was able to reach the deeply seated bolts on that underlying panel and remove it, providing significantly more room to more easily maneuver around in the footwell to insert the grommet and reattach the linkage. My BMW is the convertible, if that makes any difference.@@MomentofZed
@@vvgmhod4 i get it! I havent been back down there to do the bushings due to the heat in Florida. Im glad it worked out for you. Ill have to remove the other panel to do the other ones. In the z3 any interior panel removal is fraught with danger due to cheap plastic!
Not sure if this is a z3 thing but on an e36 The hook of the cable should be entering from left side of the grommet, exiting the right side (not the right to left position like in your video)
Another great video! I will be checking mine out!
Thanks! Good luck!
@@MomentofZed Just popped my panel open and sure enough half of it is gone. Part is ordered. Looks like my project for this week. Another part under $10 that could ruin your day.
@@mnitchman sorry to hear it but better now than then!
@@MomentofZed Well I finally got around to replacing mine today before heading to Zfest in a couple weeks. I've had the bushing for almost a year, lol. Glad I did, as the old one crumbled in my hand. Good as new now! Highly recommend everyone take a look at theirs. It really was not too difficult of a job and I don't consider myself much of a mechanic.
@@mnitchman glad to hear it! Enjoy zfest!
Great job! What about putting the cable through the bushing, then inserting both together? Thanks for documentation of the issue, the part, and the process!
Thought about that but then you have three things moving at once. Once the bushing is in the arm, it acts as one solid piece.
Very interesting. Toebox cover???? I have to check my Z to see if it has such a cover.
Hope its called that! Thanks Walter!
i'm trying to understand why my throttle cable looks like yours, but on other z3 videos for z3 cable replacement, theirs doesn't look like mine. scratching my head. i have a 97 james bond model like yours.
I believe they changed the design when they refreshed in 2000.
Does anyone know where I can find a car cover for my Z3?
I have a video about a half cover I use at work. I haven't shopped a whole cover. Any thoughts out there?
Do you know the names/part numbers of the other yellow piece you're intending to replace below? Curious about that so I can order all at the same time.
Let me look that up later today. I ordered them recently.
#: 35411100674 Support Bush
#: 35411119016 Accelerator Rod Bushing
Wow! Who would’ve thought to replace that?! Ill bet mines shot too.
Take a look! I was surprised, though I shouldn't have been.
Okay so I have all of the bushing for accelerator and throttle cable but what is the part located under the accelerator petal that clicks when pressure is applied??? That’s what I think is wrong with mine
What year is yours?
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@@MomentofZed lol I already watched that video and ordered those parts as well. I have them right now but after inspected mine they seem in good shape still yours were far worse in that video. I’m taking about the black switch on floor board that gas pedal hits. I believe it’s called the bmw kick down switch. I have the gas pedal to the floor and it has extremely slow response. Although the accelerator bushing was horrible I just replaced that bout to take it for a tea drive but I suspect that kick down switch is probably faulty as well.
@jordanjaneiro354 the only thing under mine is a solid bolt extending from the floor that stops the pedal from being pushed down further.
@@MomentofZed 1998 BMW Z3 Roadster 1.9 Oh and BTW I got the door handle gaskets finally. In the video you described it as a brass bar so I’m sitting there doing on the wrong part the only bar I saw didn’t go to the mechanism
So I finally looked at it again and found it’s like a slide lock deal. Once I found it easy money all done ✅
Does this affect all Zs? I read in the 2000 model year the design was changed.
Not sure have to double check.
It changed with the M54 series engines. My 2009 M52TU still had the bushing.
@@ricktaylor6858 thank you for this info! Appreciate help as always!
I bought the part off Amazon and replaced it today. I have a six cylinder so throttle body isn’t as easily accessible but I was able to do it without anything under the hood. Thanks for the video, my bushing was shot.
@@Keepingupwiththekirks glad I could help!
Hey Mark. An idea for a future video. My bonnet release is very tight to pull. Fear I may break the handle ine day. How about a video on greasing it up or replacing the cable?
Sounds doable! Appreciate the idea!
I have the 6 cylinder and I don't think my throttle is the same as yours
Love to know for sure if you ever get a chance to look. Thank you Don!
Well I ordered the part. I'll look at my shop manual too
Nice seeing my wife's car featured too. It put a smile on her face
@@donwhiteford4028 glad to hear it, thanks for submitting!
@@donwhiteford4028 let us know how it goes!
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