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« Reply #11715 on: May 27, 2020, 07:04:51 PM » |
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« Reply #11716 on: May 28, 2020, 09:44:33 AM » |
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I could do with making an adjustable rod for a perfect fit, but not sure how. It has a clevis fitting on one end to attach to the pedal, but can't envisage a means of screwing the pushrod in & out. I guess I need a deep clevis, (forked fitting), with a captive nut for the rod to screw into. The whole setup's fitted in the end of a box section mount on the chassis, with a cap that closes it off to keep the road muck out. So I'll have to remove it all again to check the sticky piston theory, but it seems to be returning quite definitely to the same point each time I press the pedal.
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« Reply #11717 on: May 28, 2020, 01:07:40 PM » |
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Thanks for the shout on the radiator people Archie. I dropped it off there this lunchtime. Called at your place to say Hi, but the click & collect thing meant I couldn't come in. I remember Bagshot Radiators when they were actually in Bagshot. They had a sign beside the A30 that said The best place in Bagshot to take a leak.
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« Reply #11718 on: May 28, 2020, 06:53:50 PM » |
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Ah good news on the rad, of it was about 12 till 1 I was in the workshop, but you would have seen as it’s at the other end from him (doors were open)
If it’s any use to you I’ve got a spare track rod bar thing which is threaded on the end you can have
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« Reply #11719 on: May 28, 2020, 07:53:55 PM » |
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Thanks. I'll pull the pedal back out & measure it up, then maybe get back to you on that
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« Reply #11720 on: May 28, 2020, 10:11:04 PM » |
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Well it's mostly progress isn't it? Still following even if I don't comment much!
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« Reply #11721 on: May 29, 2020, 08:51:57 PM » |
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Yes, Bobbi, it's still moving in the right direction I've got used to opening the garage door & being greeted by the shiny back end. Now I've turned it around I'm met by the gungy front end.
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« Reply #11722 on: May 31, 2020, 09:42:45 PM » |
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Brake pedal removed again. It's an odd looking design because it was the original Pop pedal, adapted to suit. The pushrod was probably also an original Pop part, cut up & re-welded, but I honestly can't remember. Looking at it now, it'd be a lot easier & tidyer to bin the old rod & start again. I'll browse Ebay for a suitable clevis, but failing that, may have to make one from a piece of box section, then find some rod with a threaded end to screw into the clevis to give it some adjustment.
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« Reply #11723 on: May 31, 2020, 09:44:04 PM » |
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« Reply #11724 on: June 01, 2020, 07:39:14 PM » |
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Let me drop off that threaded rod I’ve got to you before you buy anything, it might do it and then all you need is a joint to weld on like this https://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Steel-Clevis-Joints-3670-cLooking at it the one we do at work might work for you as well
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« Reply #11725 on: June 01, 2020, 08:30:47 PM » |
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That's just the sort of clevis I'm looking for Archie, but preferably stainless & needs to be 10mm internal across the open end & 8mm thread, (I think the "mouth width & thread size are usually the same). Mr Coppersmith may be able to machine a rod for me, but I really need the clevis first to measure from.
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« Reply #11726 on: June 01, 2020, 08:38:15 PM » |
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Just received some leather gaiters for the front leaf spring from an upholsterer in Norfolk. I've had stuff done by her before & it was easier to bung the old ones in the Post to her than find a local business. The spring was packed with grease then wrapped in the original gaiters, but they were laced in place & always looked a bit naff because they puckered up when the laces were tightened, as well as being made from perforated vinyl, (headlining material I think), when I'd asked for plain leather. Hopefully these will be prettier, although they'll hardly show when the grille shell goes back on. They're purposefully slightly over length to allow for the spring extending under load & are held with heavy duty poppers underneath.
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« Reply #11727 on: June 01, 2020, 08:42:02 PM » |
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« Reply #11728 on: June 01, 2020, 08:43:24 PM » |
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« Reply #11729 on: June 01, 2020, 09:20:31 PM » |
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They had stainless ones on there too mate. Rod I’ve got is just mild so not much use if you wanted to go stainless, but Its there If you want it
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