brake pedal height adjustment

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brake pedal height adjustment

Postby Steampunk » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:31 pm

I want to move the pedal closer, and I tried doing it the \"normal\" way from the interior by:
- undo brake-light switch and wind it out
- remove pin securing pushrod bracket onto brake pedal

but the problem is the bracket where the brake-light switch sits will only allow the brake pedal to move 3mm closer to the driver.

You will understand what I mean if you pop your head under the dash.

So does anyone know of a trick to move the brake pedal closer?
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Postby JBT » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:38 am

An alternative might be to fit a thicker foot pad (if such an animal exists) to the pedal.
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Postby manga_blue » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:58 am

What matters is the relationship between brake and accelerator pedals. The accelerator pedal is bendable. Not wise to bend the brake one.
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Postby Steampunk » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:12 am

Yeah I thought of that too JBT.
It's only for the benefit of heel-toeing.
I'll have to figure something out to attach to the pedal for next track day.
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Sasso

Postby Sasso » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:25 pm

Why don't you lower the accelerator pedal instead?

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Postby marcusus » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:43 pm

1red5 wrote:It's only for the benefit of heel-toeing.

Heel toe or heel toe double de clutch? :P

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Postby Tezzax5 » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:59 pm

Or just get a set of heels like PRINCE......only teasing big fella :D

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Postby Steampunk » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:17 pm

Sasso wrote:Why don't you lower the accelerator pedal instead?


Thought about that too.
I'll pop me head under the dash again.
There is a large adjustable bolt that acts as a stopper, if I wind this down:
- accel pedal sits farther away
- accel cable gets tauter
- adjusting accel cable slack is easy

only problem will be the amount of pedal movement and throttle butterfly opening at full open throttle.

I'll have a fiddle and see how it goes. Thanks.

And Tez, I have a headache so no glib comebacks for you tonight except a stern, "No"
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