[Healeys] Throttle? linkage

bighealey at charter.net bighealey at charter.net
Tue Aug 11 10:28:55 MDT 2009


John,

Check that the lever on the drivers side is not slipping.

This is notorious and I have seen everything from larger bolts and drilled out to welded.

I did the larger bolt on mine about 6 years ago and no slippage since.


---- John Sims <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote: 
> My BN6 with HD6's idles just fine at around 800 rpm and the mixture is
> correct as far as I can determine. Problem is that when I accelerate the
> linkage sticks coming down at about 2,000 rpm and stays there. When in the
> cockpit, trying to raise the pedal with my foot does nothing -- it is
> already up as far as it will go.
> 
> Under the bonnet, when I goose the linkage by moving the relay shaft to
> carbs, it comes right down where it should at 800 even running past 2,000
> rpm. If I hold this shaft open above 2,000 rpms, it will only come back down
> to 2,000 rpm and I have to nudge the shaft to bring it back to 800.
> 
> What am I missing???
> 
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>  
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