[Healeys] Pedal travel ?

[Bob Spidell]

re: "Should there be a stop that holds the clutch pedal in plane with the brake?"

Don't think so ... you might be effectively 'riding the clutch,' causing it to slip/wear.  You can get shims that will 
displace the clutch M/C towards the front that would lower the pedal a bit.

Re: the brakes; I think we need more info (car model, drum/disk, servo/no servo).  Quick take: these cars' brakes are 
hard to bleed properly, that's where I would start (even though they 'seemed' to bleed).

Bob

On 8/11/2011 4:48 PM, Alan Grossman wrote:
> This is 2 questions.
> My brake pedal stops about an inch above the floor. I have adjusted the
> brakes, replaced the front cyls. Checked the rears they are not weeping.
> Everything seemed to bleed well.
>
> The po states that he always had the problem of excessive travel( the
> adjusters were broken when I got the car).  He rebuilt the master 3 times. I
> intend to replace it. Anything I am missing?
>
> Also the clutch pedal at rest is about an inch or more closer to the driver
> than the brake. This exacerbates the feeling of too much brake travel but is
> obviously not the problem. Should there be a stop that holds the clutch pedal
> in plane with the brake?
>
> Thanks, Alan
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