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Re: Broken Corvette question and warning

To: "Miller, Don" <MillerD2@idhw.state.id.us>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Broken Corvette question and warning
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:35:28 -0500
>This Sunday, a friend in his 92 was accelerating out of a turn when the gas
>pedal broke off inside the car. The pedal is only held on by a plastic "L"
>shaped piece and a small rivet. Just a small item to check for stress
>cracks. Takes about 5 minutes to remove it enough to look at it. Looked at
a
>93 and it was cracked but not broken. Just a small not of advice. Has
anyone
>else run into this problem?


It is my understanding that it is not unusual for Corvette autocrossers to
carry spares for this very thing.





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