Vibrating gas pedal?

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by speedyspaghetti

The shifter vibrates as well.

Like Tcoat said many things could cause it. Sometime my steering wheel vibrates, sometimes my shifter, sometimes both. Usually it means I need to rotate the tires, my alignment is off, or a wheel is not balanced.

I would start there, especially if it seems to get worse the faster you go indicating its rotational.

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by humfrz

That was one funny movie ............


humfrz

[speedyspaghetti]

Originally Posted by finch1750

There are no other vibrations in the car? Steering wheel, shifter, etc?

Unrelated note - is 86Drive only in the East Bay? Or do you guys do South Bay and Peninsula stuff too?

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by speedyspaghetti

Unrelated note - is 86Drive only in the East Bay? Or do you guys do South Bay and Peninsula stuff too?

86Drive does drives everywhere (Mines/Mt Ham and La Honda/Skyline are some of our favorites). But the drives mostly happen in the summer.

But 86Drive is just our driving group, Norcal86 hosts meets year round. If you want to hit up a meet in those areas check out the Southbay bi-weekly meet or Peninsula bi-weekly meet threads in the norcal subforum.

[Ultramaroon]

Speedy, the accelerator isn't mechanically connected to anything but the floor board. You can think of it as a foot-operated volume control.

Something else is vibrating and you just happen to feel it there.

[speedyspaghetti]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Speedy, the accelerator isn't mechanically connected to anything but the floor board. You can think of it as a foot-operated volume control.

Something else is vibrating and you just happen to feel it there.

Is the throttle spring-assisted like the clutch? Could this be the issue?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by speedyspaghetti

Is the throttle spring-assisted like the clutch? Could this be the issue?

No. There's a spring but it's a really simple return spring. Think of the trigger on a cordless drill.

[ToySub1946]

Electronic Throttle Control (Drive By Wire) explained:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgln9L5Y7sQ"]Drive By Wire - Electronic Throttle Control - Explained - YouTube[/ame]

[speedyspaghetti]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Like Tcoat said many things could cause it. Sometime my steering wheel vibrates, sometimes my shifter, sometimes both. Usually it means I need to rotate the tires, my alignment is off, or a wheel is not balanced.

I would start there, especially if it seems to get worse the faster you go indicating its rotational.

I just got the alignment done recently, but I remember that before it started happening, I fishtailed a little bit on one of those first rainy days with my shit tires from the PO. Could potentially be a flat spot on the rears? I'll try rotating the tires over the weekend to see if that does anything. Pressure is at 38 all around, which is a bit high, so I might also drop it down to 35 and see if that does anything.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by speedyspaghetti

I just got the alignment done recently, but I remember that before it started happening, I fishtailed a little bit on one of those first rainy days with my shit tires from the PO. Could potentially be a flat spot on the rears? I'll try rotating the tires over the weekend to see if that does anything. Pressure is at 38 all around, which is a bit high, so I might also drop it down to 35 and see if that does anything.

That would to be expected.

That would be a good idea.


humfrz

[stevesnj]

Balance the tires