Re: Accelerator cable need lubrication?

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Wed, 23 May 2001 19:23:38 -0400 "RoccoPhil" <roccophil@mindspring.com>
writes:
> I replaced the pedal bushing (boy, did it need it - the other one 
> fell out
> and into pieces when I touched it).  It did not affect the rough 
> feel of the
> accelerator at all.  I checked the throttlebody and it all seems 
> good.  Is
> that rough, extra effort, sluggish feel what happens when the cable 
> needs
> lubrication?  How would I lubricate, or should I buy a new one?
> 
> TIA,
> -Phil

Disconnect it from the valve cover and throttle body, spray WD-40 as you
hold the cable up, and work the cable in and out.

It worked on the Oddball, and that throttle would actually stick open...

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