Nathansmith_93 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 i have some slack on the accelerator so that when i push down there what feels like a cm or 2 maybe more where it does nothing which makes the biting point really horrible just wondered if anyone had this or knows what causes it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 It's caused by the spindle on the mini cable on the potentiometer slipping.about £12 and a lot of fiddling about to fix.You'll find if you use the measuring blocks on vagcom you aren't getting a full throttle response because of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathansmith_93 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 cheers man dont spose theres any tutorials about or am best just googling it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thooooom Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 i think i have this same problem, when i got my car i thought the pedal didnt have much travel, and if i took my foot under the pedal, i has a very small amount of travel upwards. does that match your problem nathan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 That's the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 What a fun job to do..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thooooom Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 i only asked as he said in the original post that he can push down about 2cm where it does nothing, whereas in my car the pedal sits below the slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Say what?! I got about 5-7cm slack :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Say what?! I got about 5-7cm slack :/Personally or on the pedal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Someone had to say it.... Just a matter of when Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newnesie Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 I have a couple cm slack on the pedal too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Everyone has slack on the pedal unless they've looked into the phenomenon and fixed it.I did once debate doing a 'how to' but I chose not to because when you do these things you just get idiots who need further clarification pm'ing and asking stupid questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newnesie Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 If it is fiddly I think I will just leave it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polariskid Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Throttle on or off, same as clutch, same as breaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell.s Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Mines got this does my head in, would you mind telling me which parts it requires and a quick run through and I will give it a go. Thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathansmith_93 Posted September 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 yeahh same thing but sounds like a bit of a mission aha if someone is kind enough to do a how to then ace but cant see it happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steaton Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Sorry for reviving an old post but, my pedal had dropped too and it was really annoying me so decided to have a go at fixing it.To specify more, my pedal was sat really low and only had about 5cm travel down and I could put my foot under it and pull it back to be in line with the other pedals.And this is for fly by wire not cable.Now this was by far the most fiddly job I have done so far, because really to get to it you should take out the pedal box, or dashboard because its right up near the top of the dash and hard to get to.Take off the cover under the dash near the pedalsRemove the steering covers and the section of dash behind that tooNow push your seat as far back as possible and get on the floor looking upwards and you should see the top of your pedal the end of the pot, the red arrow in the picture below is what you are looking forOn mine the nut had loosened and the metal had slipped around so I had lost about 50% throttleto fix this I took the old nut off, fixed the pedal up by wedging something underneath it, rotated the metal section into its original place, got a locking nut the same size (10cm) and replaced the nut that was on and tightened it up.Tightening it up again is a bitch as it wants to rotate as you are tightening so you just have to have patience.Now hopefully with a locking nut it should not loosen and drop againPut all panels back onMy pedal sits at the right height now and the car shifts when I plant my footThis relatively easy job took me about 3 hours of fiddling because of where it was located and I'm sure I wouldn't have managed it if I had larger hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Good write up, might do mine at some point . It'd be worth posting it in the how to section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1408 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I need to do this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steaton Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 might do mine at some point .I need to do this !It's worth doing if you can be arsed with the fiddling, but make sure you put a locking nut on so you never have to do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 I knew about this before most of even thought about driving.I feel old, not as old as Ray though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1408 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Such a Fiddly job !! Took me a good couple of hours although throttle feels much nicer and smoother now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Need to do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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