Lube the linkage.Coming up on a sharp curve as you drive your HMMWV HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV is a trademark of AM General LLC; aka HUMVEE, also a trademark of AM General LLC) is not the best time to find out the accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. pedal pedal /ped·al/ (ped´'l) pertaining to the foot or feet. ped·al adj. Of or relating to a foot or footlike part. linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. is sticking. If the linkage won't move after you've taken your foot off the pedal, slowing down can become a little more complicated! That's exactly what can happen if the linkage doesn't get lubed regularly. So make sure you give the linkage a few squirts of OE/HDO as required. Then, move the linkage back and forth by hand a few times to work in the oil. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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