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Re: big Healey clutch pedal

To: gilmour@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Thomas Gilmour)
Subject: Re: big Healey clutch pedal
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 94 13:41:56 PST
>     Hope this can help someone. My clutch pedal seemed to pop
> out the last little bit as I took my foot off it. It turned
> out that the pin connecting the pedal to the actuating rod had
> elongated the hole in the pedal.
>     You have to take out the pedal box to get the pedal off.
> Next either weld the hole shut and drill a new hole, or get another
> pedal.
>     It is wortha look, mine ws close to being worn through
> before I could feel via my foot that something wasn't quite
> right

There was a discussion on this very subject a couple of years ago.

Make sure the clevis pin you use is made of a softer metal than the
pedal arm.  Clevis pins are cheap and easy to replace.  Going through
what you describe above is a pain in the ass.

Roland


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