Of course I should have covered all that, thanks for asking.
'58 100 6 with dual remote resevoir. No servo.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net>
To: "Alan Grossman" <agrossman at pacific.net>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Pedal travel ?
> re: "Should there be a stop that holds the clutch pedal in plane with the
> brake?"
>
> Don't think so ... you might be effectively 'riding the clutch,' causing
> it to slip/wear. You can get shims that will displace the clutch M/C
> towards the front that would lower the pedal a bit.
>
> Re: the brakes; I think we need more info (car model, drum/disk, servo/no
> servo). Quick take: these cars' brakes are hard to bleed properly, that's
> where I would start (even though they 'seemed' to bleed).
>
> Bob
>
> On 8/11/2011 4:48 PM, Alan Grossman wrote:
>> This is 2 questions.
>> My brake pedal stops about an inch above the floor. I have adjusted the
>> brakes, replaced the front cyls. Checked the rears they are not weeping.
>> Everything seemed to bleed well.
>>
>> The po states that he always had the problem of excessive travel( the
>> adjusters were broken when I got the car). He rebuilt the master 3
>> times. I
>> intend to replace it. Anything I am missing?
>>
>> Also the clutch pedal at rest is about an inch or more closer to the
>> driver
>> than the brake. This exacerbates the feeling of too much brake travel but
>> is
>> obviously not the problem. Should there be a stop that holds the clutch
>> pedal
>> in plane with the brake?
>>
>> Thanks, Alan
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