RobM Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 I'm looking for some advice regarding the adjustment of my throttle pedal. I need it about 3 inches further towards me, so that I can heel and toe. Brake and clutch are currently in the perfect position, but, strangely, the throttle is much further down so its completely unreachable by the side of my foot or heel on downchanges. I don't want to change the brake and clutch as they are perfect. The rotating adjuster near the throttle body end of things doesn't move it by enough, so what I've done is shorten the cable and solder another nipple on the end, like you'd do on a motorbike throttle. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but it has put the pedal at an angle such that the cable will slip out of the top of the pedal quite easily!! My temporary fix for this further problem has been to squeeze a rubber washer/bush type thing over the top of the pedal, thus stopping the cable from coming out. Hardly ideal, and probably soon I'll go over a big bump, dislodging my rubber attachment (oo err!) and the cable will fall out leaving me with no throttle at all :-( The handbook seems to suggest (not very clearly) that I bend the actual pedal! This seems a bit drastic! Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elie boone Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Robm, bent the pedal or even better, cut it and make a new lower part then simply weld it back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 rob the pedal is a hollow tube and will bend very easy if you take the cover of the pedal box and put a thick block of wood under the pedal in the car remove the cable then if you use mole grips on the top part of the pedal you can bend it to your right level then fit cable the pedal is held in with one bolt 13 mill i think you can take it out if you need to fredid=blue> smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhall777 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 There are probably 3 threaded bosses for the throttle pivot bolt. Yours is probably in the middle position. If this is the case, move to the rear-most position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 Thanks guys. I'll have a go at bending it. (Its already in the furthest forward position by the way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DohNut Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 Surely if you want the pedal closer to you ie nearer the back of the car then you want the pivot in the rearmost position as tbhall suggests - not the forwardmost as your reply states - or were you doing the "but when i look into the pedal box everything is upside down" thing? N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 It is amazing that the throttle pedal can bend without too much provacation (OK, well a bit). 'Repaired' Phil Stewarts car after he gave it a bit too much large in Le Mans last year as it had done this and he was only getting about 25% opening after that. Careful bending got it back to full travel. Worth fitting a throttle stop to prevent the same. Crude but efficient is a long bolt with a couple of std nuts to act as lock nuts drilled through the pedal box 'bulkhead'etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted March 24, 2002 Author Share Posted March 24, 2002 Problem solved! After some further inspection and bending, I've discovered that my throttle pedal had been bent quite a bit by the previous owner (I bought my 7 from Caterham pre-owned). I've now bent it back to how I reckon they all leave the factory, and the throttle stop that prevents the cable from going loose is now close to the stop nut when my feet are off the pedals..how it should be I presume. (beforehand the pedal could come right up over a bump, causing the cable to totally come off the intake end of the throttle!) My pedals are now perfectly set up, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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