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Old 23rd May 2010, 10:01 PM
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I made mine too. I cut the head off a long bolt and then made a clevis out of a bit of 1/2 inch square steel. Works a treat and costeth not a lot
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Old 23rd May 2010, 11:06 PM
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Cheers lads,

I'll have a go tomorrow

Peter
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Old 24th May 2010, 12:45 PM
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Brought mine from Rally design, cost about £4 I think
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Old 25th May 2010, 07:45 PM
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I've made my pivot and mocked up the pedal assembly. Do I need the full travel of the piston in the master cylinder - its about 30mm ? Because if I do the pedal is well facing forward. Looking at photos of other boxes it seems that all of the travel isn't used. Any ideas ?

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Old 25th May 2010, 08:47 PM
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In my car the brake is full on after just a few mm of movement of the master cylinder piston. I have a little bit of slack in the pedal but I reckon the top of the pedal only moves about 25-30mm from rest to full on. Hope that helps.
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Old 25th November 2012, 05:45 PM
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Another ancient thread resurrection I'm afraid (the search function alone makes this forum worth the weight of a Haynes roadster in gold i reckon)...

I've made my pedal box and offered the brake master cylinder up to it today. I was wondering how the vertical movement of the hole in the brake pedal (ie, the hole that the clevis goes into must move up and down slightly as the pedal rotates around its pivot in a curve?) works with the fixed horizontal movement of the brake cylinder piston....

Is the vertical movement so negligible that it doesn't matter?
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Old 25th November 2012, 06:29 PM
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negligible ...yes but it does still need to move up and down a little.....if your hole is drilled "clear" then should be enough , if not then enlarge or file up and down to give you the required tolerance
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