<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The addition of the 1/16 inch thick packing “piece” or shim at the master cylinder mounting will lower the brake pedal pad approximately 1/4 inch when the pedal is released. Two shims stacked changes it by 1/2 inch. <div>Perry<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:32 PM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Certainly 4 are shown in my parts book, so suitable for MkIIs. Shaped and show as a fit between cylinder and bulkhead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Surely the fact there are 4 indicates that they are indeed meant as some form of adjustment shim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In my drawer of brake and clutch related “useful stuff” there was an apparently unused brake master cylinder with an adjustable push rod. The shaft’s rod was threaded and screwed in and out of the clevis pin end and could be locked with a nut.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Perhaps the cheap(er) shims replaced the more expensive cylinder?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Adjusting the shaft in situ would be an absolute nightmare for anyone who wasn’t whippet thin and possessed of short arms with many joints.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harold Manifold via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 09 November 2021 16:56<br><b>To:</b> Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Master Cylinder Packing Shims<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Who knows what the purpose of the Master Cylinder Packing Piece is? There are 4 on the brake master cylinder and none on the clutch master cylinder. As far as I can tell the packing piece would reduce the distance the push rod can travel into the bore of the master cylinder. Is there an adjustment for the brake pedal and push rod that you use these packing pieces to set?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The workshop manual specifically mentions “not forgetting to fit the packing washer first” as part of the brake master cylinder installation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><div><image001.jpg></div><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks… Harold<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br><span></span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Healeys@autox.team.net</span><br><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyguy@aol.com</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>