George,
My advice to you is to replace both the short and the long linkage complete
with the joints. If you are lucky, TRF will have them in stock. THe ones I
received 2 years ago were better than the originals and were not expensive.
Good Luck,
Bob Labuz
1958 TR3A
1974 T140V
Geo Hahn wrote:
> My throttle linkage pops apart when I fully depress the accelerator. It
> separates at the front end of the long link rod that runs parallel to
> the carbs. I think the fault lies with the peg on bell crank lever that
> engages the socket at the front end of the long link rod -- I suspect
> that the ball on the end of that peg is supposed to be round... mine
> looks a bit flattened.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Can the peg be removed from the bell crank? The base of the peg is hex
> so perhaps it screws in but from the back side it is hard to tell, maybe
> it's peened?
>
> Moss lists the bell crank as "NLA" and I see nothing that looks like a
> replacement for the pin -- is there a source for either of these?
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> Geo Hahn
> 59 TR3A
> Tucson, AZ
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