Way back when I worked for Peterbilt Motors, I was told the Federal
automotive regulations required the throttle to have two return springs.
 There's always a backup in case one fails.

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
87 Vanagon Syncro
12 Golf TDI

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I thought same, but man that is a real kludge isn't it?
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> Alistair
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> > On Jun 14, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
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> > Distributing the load for less bushing wear?
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
> >
> >> On Jun 14, 2014, at 6:03 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> >>
> >> One wonders why the main spring was not made stronger, perhaps there is
> a good or at least plausible reason.
>