Blake, Lawrie, et al.,
Hmm! All most complicated! No wonder nobody set my computer on fire when I
offered to exchange a TD clutch lever for a TC ditto!
Regards to all, David Lodge.
> Lawrie:
>
> <<<snip>>>
> The shaft is the same part number, it just goes in the other side of the
> chassis.
> <<<snip>>>
>
> They are not the same. The RHD pedal shaft doesn't have the lever on
> it. It's a plain shaft and doesn't rotate. The clutch pedal has the
> lever on the bottom which opperates the cable, or rod.
>
> The RHD pedal shaft has a lever on the end. The clutch pedal is keyed
> to the shaft so the shaft rotates when the clutch is used.
>
> Look at the clutch illustration page E.2 of the factory workshop manual.
>
> On a RHD car the clutch pedal is closest to the transmission while the
> brake is furthest. On a LHD car it is reversed. The clutch pedal is
> now futhest from the transmission and the brake is closest. Thus MG had
> to move the motion of the pedal to the right by using a keyed to the
> shaft clutch pedal and another lever closer to the transmission.
>
> Blake
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