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Re: sinking throttle pedal

To: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>,
Subject: Re: sinking throttle pedal
From: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:47:29 -0700 (PDT)
It's definitely just mechanical slipping... I can pull the lever under
the dash that attaches directly to the throttle cable with my hand and
rev the engine all I want. The pedal just sits there and mocks me. ;)

--- Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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