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On 13 Jun 2001, at 0:21, MotorHole@aol.com wrote: > So if the manual gives a measurement for the length of the > pushrod, it's off by about 10mm? Okay. I don't see an actual > measurement given, it's just referred to as dimension 'A' in my > edition, and says don't change it. I'll have to look at this again, but this is sounding familiar. > It does say to adjust the brake pedal freeplay by moving the pedal stop > bracket so that freeplay is 5 to 7mm, which will translate to 1mm inside the > cylinder, of course that assumes the push rod length hasn't been altered by > me beforehand. It goes on to say that the distance from the back of the pedal > to the cross panel must not be less then 225mm & to measure the distance from > the back of the pedal to the cross panel. So if the distance is found to be > 225mm or better, there will be enough pedal to stop the car should half of > the brakes fail, unfortunately this measurement probably also assumes the > push rod length hasn't been changed. therein lies the rub. more investigation > and reading maybe the answer will come. I'll have to check the template that Dave Hall sent me to see if 225 is the right distance. I think there are 2 conditons we have to satisfy: 1mm free play and 225mm pedal clearance. And we have 2 parameters we can adjust to achieve these: the stop plate position and the push rod length. My impression is that there is only going to be one set of settings of our 2 adjustments that will satisfy both criteria, so this gives us a unique solution. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org