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Posted by: Twonicks001 Mar 27 2016, 11:23 AM
Just a quick guestion for those of you who have been down this road.
When depressing both brake and clutch pedals, it feels like they are rubbing together beneath the floorboard. Is this a bushing problem or a sign from above (or below as the case may be) that a pedal cluster rebuild is in my near future.
Thanks for any help.
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Mar 27 2016, 03:18 PM
Go to bdstone914@aol.com for your pedal cluster needs.
Posted by: sb914 Mar 27 2016, 03:19 PM
Posted by: r_towle Mar 27 2016, 03:52 PM
Are they rubbing the plywood floor board?
Posted by: tomrev Mar 27 2016, 04:31 PM
If pushing on one makes the other move, then the common shaft/bushing situation needs cleaning up, or fresh bushings. Sounds like it's crudded up in there.
Posted by: Chris914n6 Mar 27 2016, 06:23 PM
Factory bushings are plastic and are probably toast by now. The clutch tube runs thru the brake tube, so you have to take it apart to fix it. So... the answer is a rebuild anyways.
Posted by: Twonicks001 Mar 27 2016, 07:44 PM
Are they rubbing the plywood floor board?
No. It feels like smooth metal to metal rubbing/binding beneath the plywood.
Posted by: Twonicks001 Mar 27 2016, 07:55 PM
If pushing on one makes the other move, then the common shaft/bushing situation needs cleaning up, or fresh bushings. Sounds like it's crudded up in there.
Thanks. Nope ..when one is pushed in, the other one stays in place and does not move. Not very dirty in there when I was just there to tweek the brake light switch. She hasn't been out in the elements since I bought her in '75.
Posted by: bdstone914 Mar 28 2016, 09:23 AM
dis connect either the clutch and accelerator cables. See if the bindind still occurs. Isolate it to the pedals or not. Sometimes the old bushings swell or the parts rust internally causing swelling and binding. Refresh the whole pedal set if anything is needed. The bushings are all the same age unless some one has refreshed it.
Can build you a replacement without having the first returned.
Posted by: Twonicks001 Mar 28 2016, 09:35 PM
dis connect either the clutch and accelerator cables. See if the bindind still occurs. Isolate it to the pedals or not. Sometimes the old bushings swell or the parts rust internally causing swelling and binding. Refresh the whole pedal set if anything is needed. The bushings are all the same age unless some one has refreshed it.
Can build you a replacement without having the first returned.
Thanks.....will do as you say and let you know ....if it a rebuild it'll be on your bench by and by...
Posted by: RoadGlue Mar 29 2016, 03:29 PM
Might have the cables wound around each other in the center tunnel. Easy to do and this is one of the symptoms.
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