Patent ID: 6938317

Claim:
A method of repairing an original equipment manufacture throttle valve cable assembly within an automatic transmission of a land vehicle, wherein the transmission includes a throttle valve having a throttle valve control lever connected to a throttle linkage rod, wherein the throttle valve cable assembly is mechanically attached to the throttle valve control lever, said method comprising the steps of: providing a replacement throttle valve cable assembly including a universal throttle valve cable, a throttle valve cable housing, a linkage clip, a cable connector and an adjustment stud comprising a swage fastener and a setscrew fastener interconnected by an undercut shear zone; removing the original equipment manufacture throttle valve cable from said throttle valve cable housing; inserting said universal throttle valve cable into said throttle valve cable housing; securing said universal throttle valve cable at a first end thereof to the throttle valve control lever on the transmission; sliding said linkage clip and said adjustment stud onto a second end of said universal throttle valve cable; connecting said linkage clip to the throttle linkage rod; adjusting the length of said universal throttle valve cable to adjust transmission shift performance; and installing said adjustment stud permanently after the length of said universal throttle valve cable is properly set.