Big thanks to you guys. Got it sorted out, as far as the pedal jam is concerned that is. Made a miraculous discovery. Here's my letter to Buell47:
So I hammered the bent rod pretty straight with little effort by placing into the track of my sliding patio door, rotating to view the gaps. Got it pretty straight from what it was. Had to go run some errands around the city so quickly put the pedals back on and THEN:
Whoa, the ride is TOTALLY different, lol - in A GOOD WAY! For awhile the riding characteristics seemed to be waning quite a bit and so I figured it was that motherboard , that's why I had eWheels send me another. I was even getting speed wobbles when braking hard. Those are now totally gone and the whole ride is smooth as silk again, nimbleness /quickness regained! Who knew??!! Don't know if you guys already discovered this, I haven't been on the board in awhile (4K miles since), but I now see how the pedal damage can greatly affect the ride. Makes sense.