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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2013, 09:04:12 PM » |
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Punches arrived, job done. Now to design the arm. Straight tube, bit of a bend, plate with some styling  |
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2013, 09:09:23 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2013, 07:37:37 PM » |
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pics as requested. Made a new arm yesterday and fitted it on today. Im hoping to get the adjuster up at the pedal end seomehow. The rod is actually tube, I tapped it and inserted a threaded bar to go through the pivot, then screwed on another short lentgh of threaded tube at the rear to act as the "nut". So no adjustment here.
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« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2013, 09:24:50 PM » |
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Now that I like. Great to see people starting to detail the Reliant motors. Are those plugs of some sort in the middle of each boss?
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« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2013, 09:32:41 PM » |
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Top boss is a tube welded to the rod that goes into the bell housing, then I welded in the down rod and capped the end of the tube. The lower boss id a tube capped at both sides. Then drilled a hole in each face to take a short rod which then can rotate. The rod from the pedal that pushes and pulls goes through the rotating bit. So what you can see is the rough end of the rotating bit. Sorry, im no engineer, so i dont know the proper terminology for all the parts  |
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« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2013, 09:41:41 PM » |
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Neither do I -round bits & sticky out bits. Looks cool though.
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« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2013, 10:09:36 PM » |
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I like that ! Very stylish, reminds me of some classic designs from Bauhaus.
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« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2013, 08:41:20 PM » |
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Finished roughing out the clutch pedal and linkage, has taken forever.
Here is the overall look of the thing, before any tidy up I must add!
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« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2013, 08:42:57 PM » |
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and here is a close up of the business end. I intend that all this will be tidied up, properly welded then replicla chromed - The big home chrome test |
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« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2013, 08:45:56 PM » |
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Looking very curvy Andy. Like the unusual heel board set-up.
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« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2013, 08:48:14 PM » |
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Cheers MM, just want it to look sort of swoopy when its done. I found my foot rests nicely on that and then back onto the fram behind. May do some filling in there, not sure yet. Here's a better shot of the actuator on the pedal mechanism
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« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2013, 08:56:58 PM » |
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Andy I am not sure about the Reliant but on my VW I used a short length of 6mm threaded bar as a link rod from pedal pivot to master cylinder (hydraulic) and it bent the rod. I know threaded is weaker than plain rod but this was only about 9 inches long. Will you be okay with the bends in your link rod, it doesn't look very big diameter in the pics?
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« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2013, 09:02:44 PM » |
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I think I used 12mm round bar for mine, with the ends drilled & threaded to take M8 studding for adjustment.
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« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2013, 09:13:46 PM » |
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Hi Nabsim, its 7mm tube which I have tapped and put in 6mm threaded bar ( if i remember right ). The threaded bar is the same diameter as the original Reliant bar whatever that was. Dibbled it loads of times with my foot and it seems ok and lovely and smooth. Whan the pedall is depressed it pulls along the bar and is is trying to stretch the bar, not compress it, maybe that will help. If i find the bends are "unbending" i will remake it with something a bit beefier |
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« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2013, 11:08:27 PM » |
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Should be fine in tension. I used 6mm rod and deliberately put in a couple of short bends. this allows an amount of give if for some reason you press too far on the pedal. Saves breaking those pins in the clutch bearing actuating arm.
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