gavingraysonr300 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hi ,Has anybody fitted an accelerator stop to stop the cable stretching and snapping to a K series pedal box. Did a track day at Rockingham and was to heavy footed on the straight and snapped. pictures and advise much appreciated.Gavin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted April 26, 2018 Member Share Posted April 26, 2018 Discussed here. Unfortunately the links are broken.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadCat52 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 See https://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/failed-throttle-cable-again for one I did a couple of years back. Cable hasn't failed since ... or is that tempting fate!!!Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Has failed ... or hasn't failed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadCat52 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Slip of the fingers, edited to hasn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 And I'm still on the same original cable I mentioned back then - still un-frayed, now attached, and has been for some years, to a set of Jenveys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Belding Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 This works and was easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 David,I was wondering if anyone had made a stop within the pedal box. Have you ever had the pedal end slide on the dome of the bolt head and get stuck behind the head of the bolt (on full throttle)?I think I’d be inclined to fit a penny washer to the end to broaden the potential contact patch. You’d need to file off the square bit behind the bolt head though. Is yours a K series? Just wondered if you’d read John Vine’s excellent write up on clutch thrust bearing failures and additional clutch pedal springs to increase pre-load on the bearing (I see yours only has 1 spring)? RegardsIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Belding Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Ian,The throttle pedal has very little play and shows not tendency to slip off the bolt head stop. It feels very positive when you stomp the pedal.I read the sage words on the clutch pre load and if you look closely I now have two springs. I borrowed the load calculations for the required force and used a digital luggage scale to measure the pull. I added the extra spring and now there is about the right preload.Here are a couple of pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I put the stop in the bottom of the footwell - seemed to be a bit too much potential leverage through the pedal to a stop at the top. My size 11's would end up bending the pedal top section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompster Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Same here - standard Caterham clutch pedal stop in the pedal box. I have one for the clutch and one for the gas pedal. https://caterhamparts.co.uk/pedals/1472-clutch-pedal-stop-race.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Discussed here. Unfortunately the links are broken.Re post #12 in that thread, I've just repaired the link.JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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