Nada 3500S throttle pedal failure and repair.

Pilkie

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The throttle pedal design on the Nada is as far as I can ascertain,unique.
Its very similar to those fitted to the P5b and Jaguar XJ6's but I cannot find another car that this exact part was fitted to,and it has a design flaw that cause them to eventually break.
They are made as a single moulded plastic unit with the hinge point between where your foot goes and where its bolted to the floor being only a thin slither of moulded plastic,that after a few years of operational flexing cracks under the stress.
The previous owner of my car obviously had a broken one,and he took many months to find a complete one.
Not long after I bought the car and not even having driven it on the roads,the weak point split. :(
Knowing it was one of those nearly unobtanium parts,I had 2 choices.
Fix it or adapt the throttle to the more conventional LHD pedal set up.
So I decided to fix/repair it and let you know how it was done,so any of you with a Nada can fix yours if the same problem arises. :)
Using some strong reinforced rubber cut from an old welly boot,I cut it to shape,cut the holes out for the mounting nuts,and using a strong but flexible glue,stuck the repair patch to the broken parts of the pedal.
Hopefully this repair will last a good long time,"As long as the glue is good enough"and is quite hard to see,unless you know what to look for.
I will still be keeping my eyes open,just incase a NOS one shows up.

Pedal has split along the weak point in its design,and actually totally failed.


Rubber cut to shape and glued in place,then mount holes cut out.


All fitted in position and an almost invisible hopefully long lasting repair.
 

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Fitting a proper hinge maybe possible,but it would have to be a small piano type hinge.
And screwing or bolting it to the bits of pedal may be a problem.
The repair would be obvious,but at least it would work.
The donor cars pedal is also broken,and I will be experimenting with other repair techniques with that. :)
 
Actually this design was not something new for the P6. The gloveboxes hinge in exactly the same way, but as far as i know there are no known failures.

Does anybody know why Rover felt that they should change the throttle pedal for the NADA cars?
 
But they didn't have wrap round bumpers,side marker lights and impact beams either?
Maybe the 3500S features were because of the engine size and power.
 
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