Butchered clutch pedal

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by DubCat, Jul 3, 2021.

  1. I have an overwhelming desire to get my wire wheel out on that…
     
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  2. DubCat

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    I think I prefer it looking old. We old things have history.
     
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  3. mikedjames

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    If its covered in rust, it gets slightly protected from the welder...
     
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  4. DubCat

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    I knew there was a reason :D
     
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  5. DubCat

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    Here's the set of 3 that belonged to my late father-in-law in South Africa. Strangely they're all "Record #4" clamps but 2 say made in England and 1 says made in S. Africa.
    I like using them looking so old, I imagine them saying "Look, we were made to last for centuries - unlike you quick release wippersnappers"
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  6. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    But still, a bit of grease on the threads would be kind.
     
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  7. DubCat

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    I have been rightly admonished. Situation remedied with due respect to my antediluvian clamps :D
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  8. DubCat

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    Meanwhile
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  9. DubCat

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    Too embarrassed to show my welds. Suffice it to say 1 out of 4 bits was good, the other 3 weren't. Nothing a grinder couldn't remove. Getting there
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  10. I’d give your toothbrush a rinse, Mark…
     
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  11. DubCat

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    Bit of turps and it'll be fine
     
  12. You know what they say, "grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't" :D

    Worked for me on many an occasion :thumbsup:
     
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  13. DubCat

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    I'll remember that one :)
     
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  14. Sproggy4830

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    [QUOTE="Mark Darby, post: 1822474, member: 20425"
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    My OCD says you have to post a pic with all three in the same direction or it wont let me sleep tonight , how could you take a pic like they are , have you no morals
     
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  15. DubCat

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    My OCD says you have to post a pic with all three in the same direction or it wont let me sleep tonight , how could you take a pic like they are , have you no morals[/QUOTE]
    :lol:

    I did start with them all the same way but then was trying to show the "Record" brand name and the England/S. Africa

    Asymmetry rules oK!
     
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  16. DubCat

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    Got the hump with it now. I tacked it all together for a trial fitting.
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    Turns out the the pivot sleeve is now 11mm too far towards the rear of the bus. As in the pedal rubs the edge of the hole for its full range of travel. It's the one dimension I missed. Looks like I've got to add a bit more metal on.
     
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  17. Keep going! Looks fine.
     
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  18. DubCat

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    Until I bolted it together. Where that bolted black sleeve sits, needs to be 11mm higher. More weld & grind needed to extend the sides, again. I might remake the centre bit with the captive nuts - depends what's in my scrap metal bucket.
     
  19. Can you not pack it out under the bolts?
     
  20. DubCat

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    Thought about it but there'd be no longitudinal support for the pivot and it would look awful. Plus after all this I want to do it properly and not bodge it. This bus is certainly putting up a fight.
     
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