Stephen,
Maybe yours does, but that is not the way it came. I am going to bet
you have a high rise 4 barrel. Someone put it on without modifying the
cable linkage properly - like I did! The cable broke, as did a few
others on the list, and I limped home with a fast idle setting.
I ordered the longer cable from Sunbeam Specialties, although Rick
insists it isn't absolutely necessary, it certainly helped. I built a
simple bracket to hold the original housing attach behind the left rear
manifold carb bolt - the ORIGINAL LAT had a small piece that attached
both left bolts to the base with a narrow shelf, was bent up along the
carb for strength, then again (across the carb) for the mount. I just
made a twisted "L". The original manifold mounted leg is not used.
After attachment, and assuring the throttle plates are closed, you crawl
under the dash and adjust the pedal motion and end stop so there is no
tension with foot off, and full pressure to the floorboard stops the
pedal travel with the pedal stop before any tension is in the new
cable. Easy enough to break when you are excited.
A look in the LAT section of TigersUnited.com will show the original LAT
assembly, including this little bracket for holding the cable. They did
not use a longer cable, so maybe Rick is right. Mine works fine, all
exuberant strain taken by fixed stops, and NO splice on the cable.
Steve
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 returned 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 height 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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