Accelerator pedal

Newbie Seriously Crusin Dubber

115 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 7 May 2003, 5:05 pm

#45095

Hi
My accelerator has always been a little bit sticky but on the way home tonite it got stuck when i wanted to stop(put it into neutral and accelerted and it was fine) i was wondering if i could use something like wd40 to make it not so sticky
Any help would be greatly appricated

Old Dubber Wolfsburg Wizard

605 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 May 2003, 5:29 pm

#45101

Check the "hinge" at the bottom of your pedal, the "linkages" under the floor at the front and the "shaft" where it passes thru the chassis at the front. The big "spring" is still connected in the engine compartment?

Grahame
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duncombemu Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 7 May 2003, 8:32 pm

#45174

I had the same thing hapen to me, but not in traffic, but in the bush. Not so embarrassing in the bush.
Take out the cable from its tube and run a piece of fencing wire up the tube, then tie a piece of cotton rag to the wire. Remember to wire the rag very well or it could come apart in the tube and that's another problem.
Then pull the wire through the tube to clean out all the gunk. Do this a few times and then cover the cable with Moly grease and it should do another few decades of service.
Regards,
Mark:thumb

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Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 7 May 2003, 9:56 pm

#45218

Besides the advice above, a fraying cable can give the same symptoms