I ran into this problem with my 4A about 8 years back - after the
nail that someone had used instead of a roll pin finally sheared
inside the accelerator linkage (made for a fairly unpleasant drive
home - two hours on the freeway with almost no accelerator control).
My cross shaft was bent, too, and wouldn't come out. After much
perusal of parts books, I recognized that the TR2 and early 3 had
a two-part assembly, and that later cars got a one piece (presumably
to save money). I took a giant step backwards in time and made a new
cross shaft out of stainless, after hacksawing off the pedal
well inside the firewall.
Today, I'd probably go with the advice to switch to a cable; keeping
all those little ball joints lubricated and adjusted is a nuisance.
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