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Brake Light Fixes By Adjusting Brake Pedal Spacers & Positioning
Created on 2007-02-19 19:53:32
Well although I had got through the state safety inspection I knew that the position of the brake pedal was not right on the bolt through the pedal box. There was some left to right movement.
Closer inspection revealed that it seems as though the space and bushing may have been fabricated rather than purchased and may not be quite right. I thought that using some washers as spacers I could get the pedal to move and stay more to the right of the car as would be needed to ensure the pedal lined up correctly with the hole in the pedal box cover and then, of course, with the brake light switch. I managed to remove the pedal box bolt and discovered the reason for the movement and decide a trip to Sears Hardware could probably fix things up.
I got some washers that were pig enough to go over the brake pedal bushing which appear to be too wide as it is wider than the actual pedal width. By putting in some extra washers this keeps the brake pedal in place as I need it to be. This may not be stock but it works. It was quite a fiddle to get all the washers to stay in place and then to get the bolt back through the pedals and pedal box edge. Still with some patience and multiple tries I was eventually successful. I think the pedal could still go a fraction 9read one more washer) to the right but 80% of the pedal shows through the hole for the brake light switch.
I have then been able to secure the pedal box cover and installed the brake light switch and everything is work again as expected so this should set me up for that first legal street drive.
Closer inspection revealed that it seems as though the space and bushing may have been fabricated rather than purchased and may not be quite right. I thought that using some washers as spacers I could get the pedal to move and stay more to the right of the car as would be needed to ensure the pedal lined up correctly with the hole in the pedal box cover and then, of course, with the brake light switch. I managed to remove the pedal box bolt and discovered the reason for the movement and decide a trip to Sears Hardware could probably fix things up.
I got some washers that were pig enough to go over the brake pedal bushing which appear to be too wide as it is wider than the actual pedal width. By putting in some extra washers this keeps the brake pedal in place as I need it to be. This may not be stock but it works. It was quite a fiddle to get all the washers to stay in place and then to get the bolt back through the pedals and pedal box edge. Still with some patience and multiple tries I was eventually successful. I think the pedal could still go a fraction 9read one more washer) to the right but 80% of the pedal shows through the hole for the brake light switch.
I have then been able to secure the pedal box cover and installed the brake light switch and everything is work again as expected so this should set me up for that first legal street drive.
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| New SU Fuel Pump – Electronic | 2007-02-19 | 1 | Well although I have new points and condenser for my old pump, which has also started working without needing a tap again now, I decided I get a new SU electronic fuel pump as some... | |
| Got Plates? Yes I Do Now | 2007-02-18 | 1 | Tara went to the license office today (Feb 12) and had no problem picking up some plates. Just got whatever they had as the personal plates will come later. Still debating over th... | |
| Passes MO Safety Inspection – Simply Great | 2007-02-11 | Another good day,Saturday, but it’s still really cold! I had to wrestle with the brake light switch as it seems I have a little bit of movement on the brake pedal from side to si... | ||
| Woo Hoo – Brakes At Last & Thoroughly Checked | 2007-02-10 | 1 | Well finally we have brakes back and what a learning process it was! We removed all the wheels and started with a thorough inspection of the rear brakes. It’s all new to me and r... | |
| Yet More Brakes – Getting Like Deja Vue (Unfortunately) | 2007-01-27 | Well since it was 53F on Friday and predicted to be 20F on Sunday I started work on Friday night putting the brake master back into place. It went back in somewhat easier than it ... | ||
| Rebuilding The Brake Master | 2007-01-22 | Well it was the Monday night group therapy session tonight and I took along the removed brake master cylinder. Encourage to pull it apart, that's exactly what we did and quite an ... | ||
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| Brake Bleeding …… Bloody Cold ………. Bleeding Brakes! | 2007-01-20 | 1 | Well last weekend I didn’t write it up but I tried again to bleed the brakes. I tried to bleed the master by itself using plastic hoses on the ends of the hard lines that go into... | |
| Brake Bleeding ...... Bleeding Brakes! | 2007-01-07 | 1 | Finally I have started doing some work again and started to look at the brakes and addressing new flexible hoses. I had never done this before so I did some reading first and learn... | |
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