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Re: Accelerator Pedal Bearings

Subject: Re: Accelerator Pedal Bearings
From: Joe Sholtes IV <joeiv@snet.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:54:02 -0500
Cc: "Ronald A. Dowty" <rdowty@jspp.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <294FB79D4171D31192510090272A6960066DF4@mail.jspp.com> <38539F38.63B7265D@sympatico.ca>
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>> "Ronald A. Dowty" wrote:
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>> > I am having ALOT of trouble trying to install the little rubber bearings
>> > that keep the accelerator shaft from wobbling as it  goes through the car
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>> > body on either side. How do you you install those things?
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>> Jonathan Beaudoin wrote:
>> Put them in hot water so they get soft, slip them on the accelerator shaft
>> and push hard. This is the way I procedeed whit mine.
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>> Jonathan
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  Ron,

   I will add that the water should be boiling hot (think cooffe cup&
microwave), and use silcone lubricant.  Silicone lube won't weaken
plastic or rubber.   It's still tough though.  If you can, remove the
accel pedal rod first.

                                                   JOE IV
                                                   TR 250
                                            WALLINGFORD, CT. USA



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