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Old 04-24-2007, 10:04 PM   #1
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Clutch pedal help

Hello everyone. I just bought a 1972 1/2 ton 4x4 with a factory 4 speed. My question is why is the clutch pedal higher than the brake pedal. I'm not talking 1/8 of an inch i'm talking 4 inches.

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Old 04-24-2007, 10:10 PM   #2
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Re: Clutch pedal help

My intitial thought is that someone must have bent it to make it more comfortable to reach or something.
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Old 04-24-2007, 10:49 PM   #3
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Re: Clutch pedal help

No it's not bent it's the same a the brake pedal. Theres a little rubber stopper pad mounted on a black plate. The pedal stops when it hits that. The brake pedal stops 2" before that.

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Old 04-24-2007, 11:53 PM   #4
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Re: Clutch pedal help

Just to clarify. Do you mean higher as in - closer to you, or closer to the dash board?
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Old 04-25-2007, 12:44 AM   #5
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Re: Clutch pedal help

My 72 C20 is a 4 gear and the clutch pedal has always been that way and my dad bought the truck new.
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Old 04-25-2007, 08:34 AM   #6
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Re: Clutch pedal help

I think you need more travel for the clutch than you do the brake.
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Old 04-25-2007, 08:51 AM   #7
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Re: Clutch pedal help

Maybe someone installed a power brake booster and you lose some of the travel if the rod isnt adjusted/modified correctly.
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Old 04-25-2007, 11:19 AM   #8
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Yes it's closer to me. It hitting the stop on the metal plate.
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Old 04-25-2007, 11:32 AM   #9
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Re: Clutch pedal help

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Maybe someone installed a power brake booster and you lose some of the travel if the rod isnt adjusted/modified correctly.
I agree - I just did the swap in last week and now my break pedal is stopping about 2" short of the bumper - I have the new rod adjusted out all the way but it's not quite as long as it needs to be.
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Old 04-25-2007, 11:55 AM   #10
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Re: Clutch pedal help

The brake pedal on PB always hangs much lower-closer to the floor because of the short travel on PB.
It should not be adjusted up. We had a guy in here last week that installed PB, adjusted the rod out to the end and broke it off in a panic hard stop!
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Old 04-25-2007, 12:03 PM   #11
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PICKMUP, that is what I was told too. I always accept the advice of those who are more knowledgable than me.
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Old 04-25-2007, 01:28 PM   #12
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Re: Clutch pedal help

I should clarify what I said too - I adjusted it out as far as I thought was reasonable but made sure there was plenty of threads still making contact so just that sort of thing doesn't happen!

Could one not make a longer rod to get the pedal back up?
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Old 04-25-2007, 04:13 PM   #13
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someone posted on here a while back on drilling a new hole higher up on the brake pedal bar, but ...........
I dont know if ya wanna do that.
On mine, I got a coupler nut and put it between the old rod end and new booster and did gain about 1 1/2" up in travel. Now i need a brake light switch since I broke it Off!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 04-25-2007, 10:55 PM   #14
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Re: Clutch pedal help

Well I fixed it. I took a bolt and some epoxy. I used the epoxy to install the rubber stop on the head then I installed it in the place where the rubber stopper should go and adjusted the pedal with the bolt. Now the pedal stops even with the brake pedal. A clutch pedal adjustment was in order and a test drive.


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