Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 07:12:21 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
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Right -- mobility boot, same idea. Had my right leg and foot in one for
a couple months while this thing was healing. It immobilizes the ankle.
I did drive my Vanagon while still in the boot, but operating the gas
pedal was impossible. So I used my left foot for everything. Took a bit
of getting used to but it was worth it for the small sense of
independence it gave me after being in a wheel chair for a couple
months.
So anyway, no Vanagon content here. Move along, folks, move along.
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 21:47 -0700, Karl Wolz wrote:
> I was driving with a mobility boot, or lack of mobility, due to a ruptured
> achilles last year. Left side, but I can imagine.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
> |Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 6:26 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
> |
> |The issue is not the angle of the dangle, the issue is that
> |the pedal needs more range of motion, from idle to
> |WOT+kickdown, than my fused ankle can provide.
> |
> |Try driving with a downhill ski boot on your right foot and
> |see how well that works.
> |
> |On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 17:23 -0700, Karl Wolz wrote:
> |
> |> Why not just screw a wooden (or other material) wedge to the top of
> |> the pedal, rather than playing with the linkage?
> |>
> |> Karl Wolz
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> |-----Original Message-----
> |> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> |> |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel
> |> |Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:16 PM
> |> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |> |Subject: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
> |> |
> |> |I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more
> |> |cable action with less ankle action (I'm the guy with the
> |fused right
> |> |ankle).
> |> |
> |> |Bentley page 20.23 shows the relevant bits.
> |> |
> |> |Can someone tell me how the lower end of the Push Rod is
> |captured in
> |> |the upper hole of the Relay Lever?
> |> |
> |> |I have the cover off and am peering at the assembly and it
> |just kind
> |> |of looks like the end of the push rod is all kind of mashed and
> |> |mooshed there. Can the two parts be easily separated or is it some
> |> |kind of factory squeeze job?
> |> |
> |> |--
> |> |Rocky J Squirrel
> |> |'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> |> |'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
> |> |Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
> |> |
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