Turbo 350 Kickdown Cable Adjustment

The kickdown function of general motors vehicles equipped with the turbo 350 automatic transmission is perhaps better known as passing gear as the accelerator is depressed the throttle lever on the engine is drawn back by a cable which in turn pulls another cable attached to the transmission causing it to downshift into a lower gear.

Turbo 350 kickdown cable adjustment.

Insert the kickdown hookup rod on the transmission into the hole in the transmission end of the kickdown inner cable. Jerry with monster transmission provides a tech tip on the kick down cable adjustment. How to correctly adjust kickdown cable on th35 07 02 05 02 07 pm post 731348 in response to wow. The 350 has a governor and a vacuum modulator to regulate shifts rather than a throttle valve that also tailors shift points like on the others.

So with a 350 the kickdown cable setup doesn t require the calibrated linkage arc that the others do which often needs to be modified on aftermarket or. Re install the original retaining bolt and tighten. So the lokar kick down cable would bolt right up to this bracket. Then on the carb end you cut the cable to your needs and adjust.

The lokar kick down cable is much like their throttle cable. For more information call us at 1 800 708 0087. Insert the kickdown cable housing with the rubber hat seal into the transmission. On the 350 the cable is just for kickdown.

It feels like a new car. I am already using an after market bracket for the throttle and factory kick down cables.