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arrgggghhhh!!! that's gonna lose me a day
02GF74 - 22/3/06 at 02:56 PM

the more observant would remember I was looking for a spring for the brake pedal.

last night took a good look at it and when I move my steering column, the bolt head for the bolt that holds the brake push rod to the pedal is ever so slightly catching on the column. Not much but enough to prevent the pedal coming all he way up so the brake lamps are on!!!

bugger!! why didn't I spot it at the time??? It's gonna take a few hours unding the column bracket, saltk switches etc to move the cooumn out of the way so I can get the bolt and shave its head down a bit. bugger again.

NS Dev - 22/3/06 at 03:22 PM

10 mins work, no bother

Danozeman - 22/3/06 at 03:23 PM

Bugger

nick205 - 22/3/06 at 03:27 PM

bouble bugger and arse as well - very annoying when you have to do something again

DarrenW - 22/3/06 at 04:55 PM

easily sorted. Nowt to worry about, shouldnt take long to fix. What are you going to do after 7.30??

Unfortunately these are the sorts of things you come across putting an unfinished project right as you cant get into the head of the original builder. Hopefully you wont have too many more and soon be well on the road of completion.

rusty nuts - 22/3/06 at 06:51 PM

Use a clevis pin and split pin , correct parts for the job ! Clevis will have a very thin head to it

02GF74 - 22/3/06 at 09:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Use a clevis pin and split pin , correct parts for the job ! Clevis will have a very thin head to it


yeah, did wonder about that; having the push rod rub on the threads did not seem too clever to me; at a push I could use a bolt rather than the set screw fitted.

Now ofcourse my question has to be what size clevis pin and where from? (nut for the bolt is 17 mm AF)

02GF74 - 22/3/06 at 09:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
easily sorted. Nowt to worry about, shouldnt take long to fix. What are you going to do after 7.30??

Unfortunately these are the sorts of things you come across putting an unfinished project right as you cant get into the head of the original builder. Hopefully you wont have too many more and soon be well on the road of completion.


you have a good memory.....

this is rather self inflicted; to fit more comfortably I raised the steering wheel that move the column to the bolt. Easy to fix just gonna be fidly undiong the nuts/bolts andthen even more fidly to do them up again; there is not much room to swing a spanner.

Incidentally, maplins sell a stubby spanner set that is ideal for this type of limited access work - not the best quality but then you wouldn't be able to crank up the toruqe high with them; sometimes they are on special offer; think I paid £ 10 for mine.

02GF74 - 24/3/06 at 08:21 AM

sorted last night took 2 hours and 6 minutes

hopefull will get the rear lamp cases made up the w/end and finish of the nose cone.....