At 04:21 PM 5/10/2002, Mark Dorm wrote: >I've read Road & Track (if not that it was Car & Driver or something....) >from when vanagons were still being made, and one of the complaints was >the gas pedal was too stiff. In fact, its the one thing I dread about >taking a long drive, even with cruise control it cuts off the circulation >of my foot and is of great physical discomfort. > >I did find under the archives, I think under "stiff pedal" where someone >removed one of the springs of the throttle, and liked it much better. On the three sitting in my driveway, the '84 takes about 7-8 pounds of pressure at the top of the pedal to push it nearly to the floor. I find this on the light side when driving, but not bad. The '85 (couldn't measure) was noticeably less to the fingers. The '83.5 (visiting) takes well over ten lb. to move the pedal at all, and it has an initial stiffness that you have to overcome each time it moves (i.e. lots of cable friction in there somewhere). I think that one wants a new cable. Anyone else got numbers? david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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