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Pedal Box

23 Sep 2006, 7:07pm
I am just making the final touches to my pedal box (mainly with a big hammer on the brake pedal lol) Has anyone fiitted a return spring to the brake pedal? Marlin don't mention this but it seems to be normal practicse. I assume that it just ensures there is no load on the servo when the brakes are "off".

Robin
25 Sep 2006, 8:45pm
Robin, I think I did, but can't remember how? I'll try and take a picture next time I'm down at the lock-up.
Peter
25 Sep 2006, 9:02pm
Ok Peter - thanks

Robin
26 Sep 2006, 2:00pm
I hadn't planned to, but I have saved all the springs from the donor if its a good idea. :)

I had to move my brake pedal quite a lot to make room for my feet! It used to be straight:



Im thinking about adding thicker metal to the side where the clutch is as this seems to move alot when using the clutch.
1 Oct 2006, 8:54pm
OK, so I popped along to the lock up today.

Cranked my head under the steering column. No sign of any spring on the brake pedal. It seems that the "return" spring on the servo is sufficient to hold the pedal back.

However, I did fit a spring on the clutch pedal.

i'll try and post a picture later.....

Peter
1 Oct 2006, 9:16pm
peterux wrote:
OK, so I popped along to the lock up today.

Cranked my head under the steering column. No sign of any spring on the brake pedal. It seems that the "return" spring on the servo is sufficient to hold the pedal back.

However, I did fit a spring on the clutch pedal.

i'll try and post a picture later.....

Peter


Still haven't figured out how to post a picture, so I have put a few on my Flickr site....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peters-bmwmarlin/

hope this helps?

Peter
2 Oct 2006, 7:48am
Hello Peter

Thanks for that. Did you also put a spring on the brake pedal?


Regards

Robin
2 Oct 2006, 8:18am
This is the code you need:

[im[COLOR="Black"]g]http://static.flic[/COLOR]kr.com/99/257787646_9c0498716f.jpg[/img]

Which results in:





Might get a "no hot linking" image though.
2 Oct 2006, 8:16pm
Patrick wrote:
This is the code you need:




thanks

Peter