TECH: 36 Pedals in a 32 (attn: kustomkoupe)

Zach, aka kustomkoupe asked about pedals the other day in this post. I said I would take some pictures of my work in progress.

Here goes. I started with two incomplete sets of 36 pedals, one from Crestliner and the other from porkshop. After mocking them up, I found that I needed to trim the back off of the mounting bracket to get the pedals back far enough in the frame. I cut the upper bracket off like I have marked on the lower...

 

and as seen from the top...

 

I then had to make a bracket to mount this to my homemade K-member. The Ford bracket sits on a compound angle, so it took some thinking to come up with this.

 

Here is the pedal assy attached to the master cyl bracket. You can see that the brake rod and master cyl are not in line. The 36 pedals are setup for mechanical brakes, so the link attaches to the top. I could have moved it to the bottom, but that would have given me two problems. First, the MC would have been too close to the transmission and second it would have hung below the frame. To get around that I took dandanno's idea of using a bellcrank. I have not got that part completed yet, but I think you can get the idea from the pictures.

 

are you still using the left leg or did you omit it??

 

Here is a side shot. You can see the two links that will be connected with the bellcrank. I will also box the sides of the MC bracket for a liitle more strength.

 

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are you still using the left leg or did you omit it??

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I was getting to that.

I have a homemade crossmember, so it does not have the leg.

Here is the assy in the chassis.

 

One more thing. Zach asked about toeboard angle. The nearest I could mease on my 32 (with the firewall level on the floor) was 42 degrees.

Hope this helps.

Neal...inCA

 

looks good,

show the bellcrank when you get to it.

Paul

 

bttt for kustomkoupe...

 

thank you very much..that helps a ton...now we'll see what i can come up with here in the next few days..pedals and driveshaft and torque tube...thats this weeks problems

thanks and good luck finishing your car

zach

 

Neal heres the bell crank set up I made for a stock 32 pedal ass. I am glad you put the mast. cyl. up I dont like it when they hang down...Danny

 

Hi Danny,
do you have a picture of the cylinder mounted in the chassis?
Thanks
Michael

 

Bet you didn't expect nearly 5 years later...









Finally getting back to this part of the build. Gonna get this mounted in the chassis and run brake lines soon.

Neal

 

Looking at this photo, from where you left off:

Is there any bushing on the pivot point, being the vertical piece since added between the two heim joints? Pardon the grammar.

 

Looks great!! Thanks now I have a reason for keeping my pedals

 

It took you THAT long untill a tech-week prize came along that you wanted to win?

 

Yes, I used a pair of flanged bronze bushings pressed in from top and bottom...then added a grease zerk to keep it lubed.

Thanks,

Neal

 

Got any in-between shots showing this? I'm not seeing it.

 

Neil amazing work as always....JOHN

 

Here's another pic where you can see the bronze bushings...



Neal

 

Are the bellcrank arms 1:1?

 

Now I see.

 

Not quite. To get full throw on the M/C, I had to make the lower arm slightly longer. They are like 1-1/2" and 1-3/4" center to center.

Neal