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Subject: [Healeys] Pedal travel ?
From: agrossman at pacific.net (Alan Grossman)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:57:10 -0700
References: <74FA6A81C94D40638CDC3F5EFA1EA7F5@AlanPC> <4E44758B.4000202@comcast.net>
Of course I should have covered all that, thanks for asking.
'58 100 6 with dual remote resevoir. No servo.

Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net>
To: "Alan Grossman" <agrossman at pacific.net>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Pedal travel ?


> 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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> Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net
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