Is it hard to put the pedal to metal?

[softtop]

Found something out the other day that has made driving the Chimaera a far more pleasurable experience. I have had one of the springs removed from the acellerator cable. You should try it, it will make a world of difference, it makes it easier to drive it smoother.

[GreenV8S]

Are you looking forward to your first 'sticking throttle pedal' experience in a few months time? That can certainly make life interesting, and you will probably decide to refit the second spring afterwards!

[softtop]

are you saying it happens if one of the springs snaps?

[GreenV8S]

It happens when any wear/tear or dirt adds a bit of friction to the throttle linkage and the remaining weak spring isn't enough to overcome it.

[ATG]

The throttle on mine is closed by three springs, one wrapped round the throttle butterfly's shaft and two pulling the shaft from a lever arm. They certanly provide far, far, far more force than is necessary, but if I removed one of the "lever" springs and the other one snapped, I'm not convinced the remaining wrapped spring would be up to the job of closing the throttle. Perhaps the thing to do would be to replace both lever arm springs with weaker ones?

[Pupp]

It's worth remembering that WFO the airlow can be considerable and can hold the throttle open. This is why most bike throttles have return cables too

[ATG]

Pupp said:

It's worth remembering that WFO the airlow can be considerable and can hold the throttle open. This is why most bike throttles have return cables too

Yes, that certainly sounds "worth remembering"

... along similar lines to a mate for whom it would have been "worth remembering" that he had bodged a quick fix to his clutch cable with a paper clip. He finally remembered this clearly as his car lurched up the front steps of a public library.

[GreenV8S]

The spiral spring around the throttle spindle is just barely capable of closing the throttle on a good day when the system is in good condition. It only takes a tiny amount of dirt or wear to overcome it and hold the throttle open.

[Flintstone]

I tried removing a spring after a similar thread and noticed hardly any difference at all.

Now I know there was a reason to re-fit the secnd one, what was it now........................?