Accelerator Pedal Pad 1949 F4

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Aug 31, 2014 | 09:02 AM

awjjim

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Accelerator Pedal Pad 1949 F4

1949 F4 226 6 cyl
The accelerator rod spring that attaches to pedal pad keeps bending stretching out of shape. There is a threaded hole under pedal pad. Is this for a stop, if so what is used stock and normal adjustment.

Aug 31, 2014 | 10:11 AM

harleymsn

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Actually the spring does not attach to the pedal. There is a rod with a ball type head that snaps into the pedal and then slides into the spring.

7HC-9738-B Accelerator to pedal rod

Aug 31, 2014 | 10:35 AM

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I have the complete assembly for the accelerator linkage. Without the stop, spring would stretch out and the ball on the rod will keep popping out. Thanks for the diagram.

Aug 31, 2014 | 11:14 AM

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From: troy,mi.

thanks for diagram.I have same issue with my 48 f4.

Aug 31, 2014 | 12:38 PM

harleymsn

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I have the complete assembly for the accelerator linkage. Without the stop, spring would stretch out and the ball on the rod will keep popping out. Thanks for the diagram.

Either I'm confused or you are. That stop that you are talking about only stops the pedal from travel downward, it does not attach to the pedal. If the ball keeps pooping out of the pedal, the pedal is shot, because once the ball goes in it should take an atomic bomb to pull it out. When I first bought my truck, I had to eventually buy a new pedal because a previous owner lost the rod and got a bright idea to use a bolt in it's place. Somebody hacked the hole in the pedal for the bolt head to fit and therefore it would never hold. a new pedal and the proper rod and spring, along with a ton of pressure to get the ball into the socket and that puppy is there forever.

Aug 31, 2014 | 01:23 PM

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I had a problem like what Jim and Garm are describing when I got my truck. It was because the PO bent the linkage that comes thru the floor plate. It didn't move in an arc parallel to the pedal's travel. Even when fixed, when the pedal is floored, there is considerable misalignment, that's why they used the spring, IMO, to compensate. The throttle stop prevents putting stress on the linkage/carb from trying to go past full throttle.