55.2-59 brake pedal travel

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by dsraven

I have fabbed up pushrods for different custom builds by using a grade 8 bolt of appropriate length with the head of the bolt cut off and then, once the length is determined to be close enough so adjustment can be made with the threads, the cut off end of the bolt gets a rounded and smoothed end ground in. I'm not a fan of the threaded rod idea because the rod is soft and it has threads all the way down so the effective diameter is actually smaller. I think most pushrods use a fine thread and possibly that is because the threads are not a deeply cut into the round stock of the bar they use for the pushrod, so less diameter change from the diamter of the rod to the root of the thread. if you get what I mean.

I bent a piece of threaded rod (NOT all thread) on my 48 because it wasn't strong enough for the length it hsd to be. I built a much stouter pushrod Using a piece of hollow Ford steering shaft that I had saved years earlier. They had the center open to run the horn wire down through. I'd think tai if it is missing the pedal will be too high too.

47/59 trucks need a pedal stop on the pedal shaft under the floor as dsraven said. #5 in this LMC image