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Old 29th-March-2006, 12:19 AM   #1
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so my gas pedal just fell off. seriously. something broke but i'm not familiar with how the assembly works or how to put it back together/fix it. any thoughts?
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Old 29th-March-2006, 11:42 PM   #2
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i know that's kind of vague but maybe someone can tell me where i can find a replacement assembly?
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Old 29th-March-2006, 11:59 PM   #3
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Old 30th-March-2006, 12:01 AM   #4
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my bad, i forget that it's not in my signature. it's a 74.
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Old 30th-March-2006, 12:10 AM   #5
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Mine fell off before too. The pin that holds the pedal to the shaft snapped. Just get a new pin or put something in place that's similar in size to what broke.
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Old 30th-March-2006, 12:40 AM   #6
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I put a small nut and bolt in mine.It still is working.It is a pain to get the spring to stay in place.
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Old 30th-March-2006, 12:41 AM   #7
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yeah i think i did that too last time it happened...now they're gone. guess i'll loctite it this time. i just have to make sure i can find all the pieces!
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Too much driving WFO???

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Old 30th-March-2006, 02:14 AM   #9
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can you really HAVE too much WFO? i think we all know the answer to that....
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why not just BOLT it to the floor ???
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Old 30th-March-2006, 02:32 AM   #11
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that's what the bolt is foor johnny...
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you da man ya know !!!


BOLTED pedal to da metal !!! OH YEEEAAAAAAAAH !!!
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why not just BOLT it to the floor ???
Screw that, just run a string to the carb linkage and pull on that sucker
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Shhheeeeetttttt...John...dont bolt it to the floor...If ya want to go REALLLLLYYYY fast you need to cut a hole in the floor so you can push the peddle farther...THATS how you go faster my friend....this gofast tip is somewhat based on the "my amp goes to 11" theroy....
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why not just make ten louder....
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