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Originally Posted by SharpWraX
Back from my week away. The spring is certainly an improvement.
Part of issue now is right on the very very edge of acceleration from idle into 1st gear the TJ jumps or hops. Previously with a light accelerator this was tricky to avoid. The spring gives the pedal feel to largely avoid this. If you ride the clutch and push the accelerator thru this "zone" you can take off quite well.
Thought?
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I think I've actually fixed this problem in mine. After alot of searching of other Jeep forums aswell, trying to see if there was a throttle adjustment, I came across some info stating that the bushes on your accelerator pedal do wear out and cause alot of excess movement in the pedal. I might have actually read this on JeepFreakzOz page on Facebook, but anyway I had a closer look at my pedal and sure enough this was a big issue with it. About 2-3mm movement left or right made it very difficult to drive. So I rang Jeeepart in Hervey Bay and they gave me a "new" secondhand accelerator pedal assembly.
After a bit of minor stuffing around I had replaced the pedal and didn't have to drive very far at all to realize this had been the cause of some big drivability problems, from day one
Makes such a huge difference now and with the extra spring still on the throttle body, it's just the way I need it.
I will need to more test drives to check for the lurch, but I drive a little hatchback as a daily driver and don't drive my TJ very much at all. I have re-teach myself how to drive my Jeep again.
