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Reply to "Accelerator linkage "hanging up""

Hello to all,

Over this weekend I went for a drive and noticed that when I let-off- the-gas, the accelerator pedal was not coming up (sticking), and went into "cruise control mode", although I have NO cruise control installed. I had to pop the peddle a few times with my foot until it came out the whole way. When I got home, I found two issues; 1). I did some further investigation and found out that the top of the throttle cable is rubbing on the top of the brass coupler when it comes out of the fan shroud cover (see pic). You can actually see where the cable is getting worn on the top. 2), the throttle springs on my carbs need changing out. Regarding Issue 1; it looks like I'm going to have to extend the throttle linkage lever by at least an inch to have it line up correctly to get the correct angle that I need to stop the cable from rubbing. Any ideas on how to go about correcting this? Possibly by putting some new springs (correcting issue 2) in this will clear the problem of the cable sticking, but I will continue to have the cable rubbing issue which is not good. Please give me your thoughts and opinions regarding this situation......Thanks

Airkewld offers a throttle cable tube with a roller on the end just for mitigating off-angle issues like yours.  Here's a link to their product:

https://www.airkewld.com/Bille...ttle-Tube-p/8013.htm

I have a coil spring between the fan shroud tube and the throttle arm on the hex linkage so it pushes the throttle/hex arm back out when you release the gas pedal, pulling everything back to zero.  It is just a spring from my local ACE hardware store:

linkage return spring

I also seem to have a cable approach angle similar to yours but with enough oomph to the spring it has never been a problem.

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