can this be sitffened or tighten?...it's really too loose for me...and a lil tap would give too much gas.....any ideas how this canr be fixed?...whould chagning the throttle help?....

thanks in advance

 

Change the throttle linkage tension. There is a set of nuts on the throttle cable bracket you can loosen/tighten to change the tension either way. My GTU was like that I fixed it in no time.

 

hmm, seems like i want the exact opposite, haha

 

either way the adjustment will help both of you.

 

heh...i l try to find it tomorow=)...tahnks...hope i can find the nuts

 

iyt didnt work ..i tried adjusting it..but no use.....well i see that a set of springs are controling the tension..would it be able to work if i changes the springs to stiff ones?...any more ideas...or i am i just doing it wrong....nut newyas..cant make it tighter...

 

bump?

 

you could probably hook another spring up and somehow rig it as a throttle return spring... like the ones they have for carbs but somehow hook it up for yours???

really... i have seen the way you drive.... you've got a heavy foot... you will blow yourself to pieces....

 

u ve seen me drive?....

 

im gonna guess hes never seen the movie

 

I may be wrong...but from what it sounds like, he doesnt want the pedal "tighter", he wants it "stiffer". In other words, it sounds like there is no play in his pedal, just that it goes down to easily, and he wants to have to push it harder to accelerate. I this case, changing what 1987Rx7 guy said will not help this. The adjustment that he is talking about basically takes the play out of the pedal, so that as soon as you start pressing the pedal, you get gas, instead of having to press the pedal quite a bit to get gas.

From what it sounds like to me, you just want your pedal stiffer. I know what you mean. Ive been driving a friends 92 Cavalier (dont hate!) while my 92 Accord (again, dont hate!) is down. The Accord pedal is MUCH easier to press (no play in pedal) than the Cavalier is.

I would think that the adjustment, if there is one, would need to be made at the pedal. It's like the spring on the pedal has weakened.

Am I correct in my assumption, or ARE you talking about getting rid of "play" in the pedal?

 

EXACTLY what ur talking about=)

 

I kindof thought so.

Im really unsure if there is any way to adjust that. Id actually have to get in there and look. Mine is very easy to push also, but never really got down there to look at it. Maybe, if there is a spring that can be replaced with a newer or stiffer spring, then that would fix it right up. Or, if there is a way for you to tighten that spring yourself, like wrapping it around one more rotation? Not sure. Just throwing things out.

 

i think it would have to be a tighter sporing on the actual trottle under the hood..but i don't know.....cuz, it makes it really hard for me to dirve cuz it pushes down too easly..

 

Yeah...a tighter spring there would work. Maybe yours is just sprung. You could try getting one from a junkyard and seeing if there is a difference. Very cheap shot in the dark. They shouldnt charge you much for it.