Brady, Perhaps I wasn't precise enough. After pulling the pedal loose from the linkage a few times, I began pulling on the linkage. Pulling on the linkage attempts to push the cable back into the housing. If the cable is frozen farther back down the vehicle, it must bend from this push and it must do so in a small space. The fact that it is a braided cable like a bicycle's gear shift cable and not a solid wire like in the heater control, which is designed to push and pull, does not mean it will not bend. The cable will not get a semi permanent bend as the solid wire heater control cable would, but it will be bent nonetheless and in that short space between the linkage and the housing. Enough bends back and forth and it seems that the cable will be compromised. That is where my broke. Resolving the problem the way I suggested prevents the bending and whatever potential damage to the cable that could occur from the pushing. Ounce of prevention type of idea. Sam -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL 85 Westy Weekender 84 Vanagon, original owner, soon to be retired, just too many problems All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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