My throttle pedal broke!

[MHunter]

Luckily for me, I was still in the garage when it happened. Just started the car and hit the gas a bit, and ended up with 2 throttle pedal parts. I wonder why it was welded that way, seems like an awfully weak weld. Any reason why I can't just have the rod properly welded, making sure the hole doesn't get deformed, of course?

[MHunter]

The weld is not corroded. In fact, it is not even a weld. It is copper brazing. I don't know why it is done this way, instead of proper welding.

[MHunter]

it also happened to mjpMark. Maybe we both have heavy right foot. But an Ultima was built for people with a heavy right foot!

Not a big deal, I got it welded. I just mentioned it to see if it had happened to someone else (it did), and maybe a word of caution, I wouldn't want that to happen exiting a corner on a race track.

[MHunter]

Looking at the factory photo posted above, I'm thinking my pedal was probably not adjusted correctly in regards to the backstop doing its job.