Pedal shaft

[Robbie693]

Hi all,

The pedal box saga continues...

After refitting for the second time I have now discovered that the throttle pedal is sticking against the brake pedal when I push the brakes and also a fair bit of sideways movement.

On investigation it looks like there is a hell of a lot of slop on the cross-shaft around the accelerator pivot.

What can I do with this? Can it be rebushed? Any suggestions please - I'm getting fed up of removing this thing

Cheers

Robbie

[john.p.clegg]

Robbie
Is the slop in the shaft in the pedal pivot itself or where the shaft fits in the box,both can wear...
As for the pedals interfering with each other there should be shims between them and I think one or two spring washers on the shaft....
If the shaft is worn a new one can be knocked up quite quickly(made hollow with a grease nipple at the end and feed holes at pedal pivot points).

John

[Robbie693]

Thanks John,

The slop is in both the Accelerator pedal (and to a lessor extent the Clutch and Brake pedals) and also the shaft is moving in the box.

Do I need to bush the accelerator pedal as well as a new shaft?

[john.p.clegg]

Robbie
What i did was weld some thick washers to the box to take up the play and make a new shaft,that seemed to do the trick....

John

[Robbie693]

Cheers John

[1964 S1]

....sticky throttles and brake questions on one wornout shaft? How far will you press the safety issue? Buy a decent replacement unit, yesterday. Thin shims to repair this subject?

[john.p.clegg]

The thin shims (and springs)are fitted between the pedal pivots and box to allow them to rotate on the shaft and not interfere with each other as standard.
As for a replacement shaft fitted with lubrication points and grease nipple-better than standard (in my humble opinion).....

John

[Robbie693]

I think part of the problem is that I don't appear to have a shim between the throttle and brake pedal, but there is still movement that shouldn't be there. I don't understand why it wasn't a problem before I took out the pedal box though. Maybe there was so much grease in it it disguised the wear.

I have a relative with the nescessary machining equipment so I'll be begging a favour from him.

I asked Paul Matty if they could do it but they couldn't give me a price. They use the same method of welding washers to the box but then get bushes machined for the pedals which, they said, is where the expense starts.

Is the shaft made from a hardened material? What should I use?