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04-24-2007, 10:04 PM
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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.
Thanks up front Bill
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04-24-2007, 10:10 PM
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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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04-24-2007, 10:49 PM
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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.
Bill
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04-24-2007, 11:53 PM
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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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04-25-2007, 12:44 AM
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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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04-25-2007, 08:34 AM
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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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04-25-2007, 08:51 AM
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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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04-25-2007, 11:19 AM
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Re: Clutch pedal help
Yes it's closer to me. It hitting the stop on the metal plate.
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04-25-2007, 11:32 AM
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Re: Clutch pedal help
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04-25-2007, 11:55 AM
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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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04-25-2007, 12:03 PM
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Re: Clutch pedal help
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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04-25-2007, 01:28 PM
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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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04-25-2007, 04:13 PM
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Re: Clutch pedal help
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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04-25-2007, 10:55 PM
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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.
Done right the first time always Bill
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