Numpty question: Trunnion on bonnet release

[SaskStag]

Hi there,
Hope all had a great Christmas!
I just need some more fastener advice. Not sure what is 'out there'

I've made the hole in the bonnet release arm for an extra trunnion screw for the back-up release cable (thanks for previous threads: dremel start/step drill bit and impact driver - took 5 mins )

How do you fix the extra trunnion screw in the hole - what do i buy?

Did a search, but I can't see from the pics available what folks used...

Cheers! thanks in advance
Tanya

[Westfaling]

If you get a trunnion with a flange on it like this. Pass it through the hole you've drilled and connect the cable on the other side that should work.
Nick

[SaskStag]

Ok, I see how that works. Thanks
Tanya

[Westfaling]

If you drill the hole the right size it won't move much and you can put a bit of tension on the cable.
Nick

[SaskStag]

thanks for answering the stupid question before I edited it ;D
Off shopping tomorrow then ...
T

[DJT]

Hi Tanya,

I resolved this around 10 years ago using a couple of 6mm s/steel bolts and a standard solderless nipple. The pictures should show how:

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As per the accelerator and choke cables, the ends are sealed using shrink wrap sleeving. These pictures are from my old Stag, but I have fitted an identical system to my current Stag.

[SaskStag]

That looks neat. I guess you had to drill holes in the bolts?
Tanya

[DJT]

Yes, but that wasn't hard.

[SaskStag]

Just to finish off this thread and get you to check my work....

This is the best I could do with what I found. Both the main release cable and the emergency release cables work...so far
I think I chose the wrong bolt - took all day to drill a hole through it, but at least it'll be man enough for the job. I could only stomach drilling one hole in a bolt so I made a loop out of the cable - it shouldn't come off the bolt. It's certainly not as tidy, but I hope the system will be ok. The old handle is used as the emergency handle (I had ordered a new cable and handle) and is dangling in the passenger footwell. I could mount it on a bracket, but it's not in the way where it is.

Many thanks for all your help, and the past threads
Happy New Year! (Still 5 hours to go here, and you lot are probably all sozzled by now )
Tanya

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