This PM I did more
damn chassis cleaning, but as I’d been virtuous I allowed myself some metallic therapy & modified the clutch pedal to
reduce effort.
The pivot consisted of a thick tube passing through a tube
welded to the pedal, The thick inner tube was clamped by a bolt & the pedal tube rotated around it.
It kind of worked, but it's crude, it's heavy & when I took it apart the pivot wouldn't come out. After tapping it through, the mating surfaces were pretty scored, so that's some of the heavy clutch accounted for.
Some research found the RC car wheel bearings were almost the right size being 8 x 16 x 5 wide, the pedal tube was 15 id, so a dab with a 16mm drill had the bearing sliding in nicely – job done.
The pivot consisted of a thick tube passing through a tube
welded to the pedal, The thick inner tube was clamped by a bolt & the pedal tube rotated around it.It kind of worked, but it's crude, it's heavy & when I took it apart the pivot wouldn't come out. After tapping it through, the mating surfaces were pretty scored, so that's some of the heavy clutch accounted for.
Some research found the RC car wheel bearings were almost the right size being 8 x 16 x 5 wide, the pedal tube was 15 id, so a dab with a 16mm drill had the bearing sliding in nicely – job done.
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