1964 C10 fleet side swb

[Justin71105]

Doing a little maintenance this weekend to make the brake pedal more adjustable.

Remived booster and master, threaded the rod coming out of booster.

I have some female threaded nuts about 3" long that connects booster to the rod that goes on pedal arm.

Added a longer section of threaded rod to pedal arm side.

Hitting up parts store for the 1" plastic bushing that goes up under dash for the pedal mount and a 0.5" one for the pin that comes out of brake arm.

I wish the 88-98 boosters came with threaded rods already instead of with the loop on the end though.

While thats all out I need to bend a new rear hard line from brake t fitting to drivers side. Wasn't able to route exhaust over axle here because of how I routed it originally.

Hoping after new bushings are all done the pedal will sit in a better position and have less slop side/side.

[Justin71105]

That booster rod is a bear to thread but I got it done. Added a brass bushing to the nib that comes off pedal arm instead of the plastic one. Tried all the parts stores and the one listed to fit didn't. So I got a bushing from tractor supply and drilled out the loop to 5/8 to fit, bushing already fit the nib on pedal really well.

When the bushings come in for pedal arm I'll weld the steel foot pad on and new rubber on it. Hopefully I'll be able to move rear line this week and nleed brakes.

Then I can go in to have exhaust routed out the back behind passenger tire.

I got the booster bolted back in the truck today, so thats out of the way atleast.
https://imgur.com/a/HGb86UP

[Justin71105]

Well after threading booster rod its got a bad vacuum leak on rod side.....

So going to pick up a new one, weld a rod on pedal, press the stud into this and not have to cut/weld/thread booster rod at all. Hopefully this idea will work well.
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Got it done and it works pretty well, If I ever need a new booster it will go right in with no work or adjustments. Bar is 5.25" from end to end, need to adjust brake sensor a little bit now.

Ran out of gas at the very end so welds werent looking to hot on one side. Going to wait until I get some gas monday and grind it down almost all the way and hit another pass on it all around. Thought I was low on gas but it was all the way out on the last few passes. Especially where I added another 1/4" piece to move pedal to a better position. So all thats got to be welded again, no big deal not driving it this weekend anyway.

https://imgur.com/a/3QAQHQW