I just fixed mine. What a nightmare.
I tried bending out the big U-shape but this was a bad idea as it put the end way above the cable and the cable could not retract all the way. Bending it back was no longer an option while in the car so it was time to pull the peddal out. It wasn't an option as I didn't want to break the plastic pivot point or the weld joint on the peddal arm. I just didn't have the leverage.
I ended up having to remover the peddal. After 50 times above the car/below the car to remove the C-clip and removing the plastic pivot piece to removing the throttle bracket on/off, plastic piece on/off bending the peddal on the vice back and forth. I got it where I wanted.
You can see that I left the U-bend and put a kink in it just above where the two pices join. It didn't take much of a bend to get the travel I needed.
I was able to bend this out with a box end wrench sliped over the throttle arm. But since I bent it to far I just didn't see bending it back with out breaking the weld joint.
