MikeR
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 10:05 AM |
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ST Pedal Box clutch return spring
Got myself a stuart taylor pedal box last week. Its going to a type 9 box.
Everything works well, except the pedal can fall to the floor (towards me) as there is nothing to stop it from sliding through the fitting on the type
9 release arm. Is there any issue fitting a spring to hold it in place? Worried about it continually pussing the release bearing a little and how
strong to make it.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 10:15 AM |
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could u not make up some sort of stop bolt which goes through the bulkhead to stop it>?
A spring will put hardly any pressure on the bearing and clutch.
Dan
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viatron
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 11:07 AM |
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Had exactly this problem myself last week, trip to the scrappy and a look at some older vehicles revealed some suitable springs that fit over the
central pivot of the pedal, one end cliped round the pedal shaft and just drilled a hole in the pedal box mount for the other end of the spring to go
in, sorry i cant remember what vehicle the spring i used cam off!! DOH!
Mac
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NS Dev
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 12:10 PM |
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Hi Mike,
pop round sometime, I have plenty of springs that will do the job
Nat
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MikeR
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 12:23 PM |
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glad its not just me then.
also wondering how much travel you get at the release arm. Think i've got around an inch.
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Humbug
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 12:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by viatron
Had exactly this problem myself last week, trip to the scrappy and a look at some older vehicles revealed some suitable springs that fit over the
central pivot of the pedal, one end cliped round the pedal shaft and just drilled a hole in the pedal box mount for the other end of the spring to go
in, sorry i cant remember what vehicle the spring i used cam off!! DOH!
Mac
I too had exactly this problem myself....
...my solution was to put a spring over the cable between the bulkhead and the pedal pivot. It wasn't any special spring, as it isn't
doing anything other than stopping the pedal flopping down, just something I had lying around
Great minds think alike!
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