Jim,
I did this recently to a severely worn pedal & clutch push rod. The holes
were elongated. If I just drilled them out with a larger drill and
inserted a sleeve, the center of the sleeve would have been part way along
the elongated hole and I'd have lost petal motion. I considered carefully
enlarging the hole with a file such the center of the enlarged hole was the
same as the center of the original hole. That was too much work.
Considered milling a new hole -- too much work to set up the mill.
My final solution was to first determine the center of the original hole.
The holes were then drilled out to 3/8 and pieces of 3/8 inch rod welded in
the holes. This was done to both the pedal arm and MC push rod. Brazing
would probably worked better than welding but my wire welder was handier.
The rods were then ground/filed flat with the pedal arm and push rod
surfaces. The position of the original holes were then carefully marked,
center punched and drilled 5/16 inch. I made a slight error so I now have
too much pedal --- better than too little pedal.
Nelson Riedel
Granville Ohio
'68TR250, '70TR6, '76TR6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Henningsen" <jdhenn@cfl.rr.com>
To: "6 Pack Digest" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: clutch pedal overhaul
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