scudderfish
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| posted on 3/6/14 at 05:09 PM |
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Balance bar. Am I going to die?
I'm overhauling my brake pedal. Looking at the current setup, the pushrods are cocked, the master cylinders are wider apart than the width of
the balance bar housing
Reading this document
http://www.wilwood.com/TechTip/TechPedalTip.aspx says this is a no no. However, if I move the clevises so that the pushrods are square, then they
will be further away from the pedal than the 0.25" specified. Should I put some washers in there and pretend the pedal is wider than it really
is? Will I go straight on at the first bend and plough into nuns bottle feeding abandoned kittens? I'd like to avoid major restructuring, but
I'm toying with the idea of scraping the current pedal, cutting out part of the bulkhead and fitting one of these
http://www.obpltd.com/Pedal-Boxes/Pro-Race/Floor-Mounted-Bulkhead-Fit/1-Pedal-Units-BHF/Floor-Mounted-Single-Brake-Bulkhead-Fit-Bias-Pedal-Unit-OBP004
0PR
Regards,
Dave
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 3/6/14 at 05:35 PM |
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You are supposed to have large washers between the clevis and tube
See here link
Duratec Engine is fitted, MS2 Extra V3 is assembled and tested, engine running, car now built. IVA passed 26/02/2016
http://www.triangleltd.com
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arrow-engineering
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| posted on 3/6/14 at 05:59 PM |
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the pushrods are best set parallel, its more efficient, the design of the master cylinder allows for misalignment in all directions, because hardly
any pedal set up allows the pushrod to be 90 degrees the whole time, by the nature of the pivot points the angle of the pushrod changes, but its best
to have them as straight as possible in the first place
as stated above, fit the washers and at the same time get the pushrods straight. measure the distance between centres of the bolts on the bulkhead
and then copy this dimension to the clevis centre points
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adithorp
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| posted on 3/6/14 at 06:23 PM |
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Yes, you are definitely going to die... eventually, like the rest of us; It's the only certainty of life.
The balance bar though, isn't going to kill you, the nuns or the kittens. It's not ideal but re-spacing and fitting washers should sort
it. Just be sure to leave enough lateral play for the bar to operate without binding/locking out.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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