A Few Questions

Taftik · November 29, 2007

Hi.

Ok so recently i've noticed that my throttle pedal has a about 1cm on of free play- meaning it moves down one centimeter and doesen't do anything after that it starts working. I was wondering if this was normal on all IS-es or is mine broken. I mean if i want to push it to the floor and there is 1 cm of free play than it wont go fully down??

Cheers

Taavi

Steve_D · November 29, 2007

Hi.
Ok so recently i've noticed that my throttle pedal has a about 1cm on of free play- meaning it moves down one centimeter and doesen't do anything after that it starts working. I was wondering if this was normal on all IS-es or is mine broken. I mean if i want to push it to the floor and there is 1 cm of free play than it wont go fully down??

Cheers

Taavi

I noticed that with my IS200 sport, both clutch pedal & throttle pedal has the same 1cm play, one of my mates IS200SE has no play at all?

KevLex · November 29, 2007

Hi.
Ok so recently i've noticed that my throttle pedal has a about 1cm on of free play- meaning it moves down one centimeter and doesen't do anything after that it starts working. I was wondering if this was normal on all IS-es or is mine broken. I mean if i want to push it to the floor and there is 1 cm of free play than it wont go fully down??

Cheers

Taavi

I noticed that with my IS200 sport, both clutch pedal & throttle pedal has the same 1cm play, one of my mates IS200SE has no play at all?

Mine has no play but one I test drove a few weeks ago had a good 1-2cm. It felt very odd and took quite a bit of getting used to.

I dare say that there is some form of adjustment either at the throttle end or above the pedal.

rig-pig · November 30, 2007

you can take up the free play from the engine side this is norm

Jack300 · November 30, 2007

check the accelerator cable where it joins the intake manifold - it can be slack ie the first part of your pedal travel is taking up the slack and not affecting the engine. Simple fix - remove the slack by tightening the cable via the adjusting thread (can't think of it's name).

RedLexus · November 30, 2007

just be careful if you do so that the accelerator cable isn't stretching when the pedal is fully pressed , really the way to adjust it is to have someone hold the throttle pedal to the floor , while you adjust the cable so as to have a fully open throttle only at that point.

Taftik · December 1, 2007

just be careful if you do so that the accelerator cable isn't stretching when the pedal is fully pressed , really the way to adjust it is to have someone hold the throttle pedal to the floor , while you adjust the cable so as to have a fully open throttle only at that point.

To tell you the truth i think i'll let it be because im not that good at fixing cars myself. It probably wont damage the car anyway so it's just an inconvinience.