[urq] RE : gas pedal wierdness

[Thomas Pollock]

maybe you got lucky and the cable caught inside the edge of the weight... <doubtfull>
   
  cheers,
   
  tom.

Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:
  The thing that gets me is that it 'works' pulled back past its' original 
position. I'm trying to figure out how that could work if one of the 
lovely little pieces of foam or plastic just disintegrated.

And, of course, it's Friday and it's 92F outside and miserably 
humid...and I'm having difficulty getting motivated.

Thanks, all,

Steve

Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
> Very unlikely, as the throttle body has no less than 3 springs to close the
> plate... 
> I dismantled the TB last week to clean it, and I needed another one to look
> at just to reinstall all the bits in the correct order. There are 2 strong
> springs on the switch side, and one weaker on the cable side. It is a very
> nice piece of engineering.
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> 
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] De la part
>> de Patrick Carlier
>>
>> Third I can think of is that the return spring on the throttle itself is
>> broken .
>> But thats not likely , then the car wouldn't return to idle .
>>
>> 
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