Date:         Fri, 10 May 2002 16:40:22 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Accelerator Pedal
Comments: To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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


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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"