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Posted by: ne14914 Mar 23 2003, 01:30 AM

I just drove my cousins 914 and his accelerator cable was a lot softer than mine. Mine is REAL hard. If im on an incline i cant even balance the clutch and accelerator. How can I make it softer?

Posted by: Jeffs9146 Mar 23 2003, 02:28 AM

Check to see if the accelerator cable is wrapped around the clutch cable.

Jeff

Posted by: Bleyseng Mar 23 2003, 09:26 AM

Take it all apart at the petals and lube the ball and socket joints and the hinge at the petal. Check with a mirror in the tunnel to see if its wrapped around the clutch tube. Install a lighter return spring at the carbs.
Geoff

Posted by: Drums66 Mar 23 2003, 10:02 AM

Also check your throttle body, very common problem in these cars

Posted by: Brad Roberts Mar 24 2003, 12:31 PM

The white plastic sheathing is broken at the firewall. Replace the cable. Buy a "Terry Cable" from your favorite Porsche parts place.

B

Posted by: airsix Mar 24 2003, 01:16 PM

What Brad said. When I got my latest car the pedal was stiff but not enought to make me worry (In hindsight I should have). Cable broke after a few weeks. Put in the terry cable spare and it was suddenly light and smooth as could be.

-Ben M.

Posted by: john rogers Mar 24 2003, 01:31 PM

There are four places that can cause stifness: The pedal which has a joint at the bottom and can be checked by unhooking the rod at the back, next the pedal assy which can be inspected , cleaned and checked by unhooking the cable ball end, next the cable since the front is unhooked then unhook the rear connection and the inner cable should slide freely and finally the engine connection. You did not say if you have carbs of FI so after you unhook the cable at the rear cycle the linkage on the engine to see if anything is starting to bind or bend. Most times it is a combination of all the parts deteriorating especially the pedal cluster area since dirt and everything that is loose inside the car can and usually does end up there. Throttle cables are easy to replace, good luck.

Posted by: ne14914 Mar 24 2003, 03:29 PM

Thanks for the insight. I changed the spring - solved the problem.