Would anyone here on the Forum have any information on a "Hand Throttle Kit" offered for our JK's ? Remember our JK's are Fly-By-Wire and NOT cable operated so the Hand Throttle kits out for the TJ's and other Jeeps won't work.

I was doing some Winching today, and a hand throttle would have really come in handy.

 

The only one I know of is Off Road Engineering and I have no clue how it works.

I saw a write-up somewhere where someone rigged up a cable driven hand throttle to the gas peddle.

Wish there were more options out there, but with the electronic controlled throttle, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

 

Some of the programmers will extent the idle up to something like 2,000 rpm.

 

Maybe look at the options used for folks that need a hand throttle due to a disability. Chrysler has many vehicles that are compatible/adaptable for disabled folks needs, just not sure if the jeep is one of them, but it has been done on the jeep JK.
You could just set it up so it works for your needs and not in the way.

 

SuperChips has idle control 800-1600 rpms

 

Was just looking at Off Road Eng Kit. Nice, but just a tad on the high side price wise. I did take "Offtrack's" idea and looked into a hand throttle set up for a disabled driver, very interesting. I sent an e-mail, to one company that does have a fly-by-wire throttle set up for the new Chrysler products. Have to wait and see what happens ?

My other thought or "Poto's" thought, is to hook up a cable to the peddle itself and the install a hand control onto my shifter like they do for the TJ's.

I really don't like the idea of a programmer for the idle control, just to many other things in the programmer I don't need. I did contact my local automotive elec shop. They suggested to add a Police internal regulator to my alt. This would start the Alt chargeing much sooner.

 

It's an old thread, but here is how I recently did it...

The parts required for this install are shown with the exception of 6 self tapping screws, and a small "L" bracket that the cable adjuster goes through. My initial design had me bending the can opener and using the small hole for the cable adjuster, but when I tried to bend it, it broke.



I started by installing the bicycle derailleur control on the shift arm at the most convenient and comfortable position. Most bike shift controls have a pin type tightener, but I removed it and replaced it with a screw knob for easy adjustment for the times I want to use the throttle to adjust engine RPM for winching...



Next I routed the cable housing through the center console and above the accelerator pedal.

I drilled a 1/4" hole in the accelerator arm for a 2 1/2" 1/4" bolt. I started with a fender washer, nylon washer, fender washer, then a nut. This created a non binding attachment for the cable to the pedal. Then another washer that goes against the brake pedal side of the accelerator arm, then a fender washer on the passenger side of the accelerator arm, a lock washer, and a nut to tighten the whole bolt assembly to the pedal.

Carefully determine the best location for the pulley and attach to the firewall using self tapping screws. I used part of the can opener as a shim behind the upper pulley support.

Place the Derailleur cable in the control and cable housing and start test fitting for the pulley. This is a PIA and took a lot of tries and fails to get the correct cable tension...



With the carpet installed...



While parked, the throttle is extremely touchy. Moving the lever very slowly gets nothing...nothing... then 2200RPM. A little playing with the lever and I can control RPM effectively from around 1200 RPM and above. Driving is a different story as the drive by wire accelerator works well with the hand throttle. It's easy to move along at extremely slow speeds using the HT with the ability to increase and decrease speed.

If you get the right stuff the first time, you can do this mod for less than $40.