Subject	My car had the same problem. I did the same (reduced
Posted by	olyar15 on January 07, 2008 at 5:49 PM
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In Reply To	Accelerator Cable Adjustment Reduced Driveline Kickback posted by Gordo 93TT Daytona on January 07, 2008 at 05:24 PM
Message	slack in throttle cable) and also found that it helped. I also checked the throttle plates and made sure that they were opening at the same time. There is a procedure described in the FSM for calibrating the operation of the two throttle plates. It requires a dial indicator, but I found that my driver side throttle plate was opening much later than the passenger side because there was far too much free play in the linkage. Check that and see if it helps. Charles Carbon Black '95 TT **sold** Carbon Black '03 BMW M5 '02 Honda CR-V dogmobile
Follow Ups	Accelerator Cable Adjustment Reduced Driveline Kickback - Gordo 93TT Daytona 17:24:33 01/07/08 Thanks. Move to Tech VTF - induetime 17:35:13 01/07/08 A very lucid how to. Bookmarked. Thanks. (n/m) - 240Z FeO2 17:44:17 01/07/08 My car had the same problem. I did the same (reduced - olyar15 17:49:15 01/07/08 Re: Accelerator Cable Adjustment Reduced Driveline Kickback - naZeer (Dallas) 17:57:20 01/07/08 You are on a mission. - Boosted1 18:51:50 01/07/08 Yes I did. New 98+trans, rebuilt diff, 2 ea. drive axles, - Gordo 93TT Daytona 19:40:42 01/07/08 Nice (n/m) - collegeboy 18:53:32 01/07/08 No - NytWolf 21:54:43 01/07/08 There should be some, but not much. I usually adjust - Guapo 22:01:51 01/07/08 There should be about double that amount of slack (n/m) - NytWolf 22:04:21 01/07/08 why? (n/m) - Guapo 22:09:20 01/07/08 Because - NytWolf 22:10:15 01/07/08 Shrug. Been doing it that way for years now, and - Guapo 22:18:34 01/07/08 Same idea as why you adjust your clutch pedal - NytWolf 22:25:18 01/07/08 right. And half a turn is plenty on the throttle cable - Guapo 22:26:24 01/07/08 Not enough slack (n/m) - NytWolf 22:40:13 01/07/08 you're wrong (n/m) - Guapo 22:45:53 01/07/08 You are - NytWolf 23:25:33 01/07/08 lol - Guapo 23:31:10 01/07/08 I agree that you do not want the cable to be so tight as to - Gordo 93TT Daytona 22:16:55 01/07/08 Your procedure still leaves the cable tighter than should be (n/m) - NytWolf 22:26:05 01/07/08 FSM spec says tighten until rod pulley moves, then back off - Gordo 93TT Daytona 08:14:39 01/08/08 Where in FSM? (n/m) - NytWolf 12:07:58 01/08/08 Section FE-2 (n/m) - Gordo 93TT Daytona 13:33:27 01/08/08 Nytwolf why are you so adamant about this? - fanta-z 18:07:25 01/08/08 If it seems like I am adamant about this - NytWolf 10:55:14 01/09/08
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