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Old 07-17-2008, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SW View Post
Is there a shock absorber on that lever?
not that I can see...

Here is a pic of the relevant part. The ball on the right is where the pushrod connects, the pivot point that seems to be binding is in the lower left, and the throttle stop is top (left/center) (my idle adjustement bracket is intact, thankfully)

(credit to Forced Induction for the photo taken during dissection of an IP in an earlier thread)
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weird throttle behavior - binding 1/2 way-2lmn616-ip-throttle-broken-idle-bracket.jpg  
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