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Re: sinking throttle pedal

To: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: sinking throttle pedal
From: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:43:20 -0700
Stehpen, you have hit one of the design flaws, that is easy to fix.  The 
clamp for the actuator arm is slotted, with a bolt that is suppose to 
hold this arm on the pedal assembly, and allow adjustment.  Problem is 
it slips, like you said.

Solution, disassemble, and using a Dremel make the slot larger.  The 
clamping force will then be enough so that the bolt does not bring the 
two half's together, and allow slippage.

Larry

Stephen Waybright wrote:

>At one point during a short cruise the other day, my throttle pedal
>sank to the floor, while the rest of the linkage and cable ruturned to
>the idle position. I got home by reaching under the dash and operating
>the linkage to the throttle cable by hand.
>
>I haven't torn into it yet, but it appears that the rod from the pedal
>rides around another rod that actually pulls the throttle cable and
>that they clamp to each other to allow pedal hight adjustment????
>
>Bottom line is that I tried to tighten the nut on this clamping
>mechanism, but the pedal still just slips relative to the rest of the
>throttle assy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
>
>Stephen Waybright
>
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