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On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 00:53, fess wrote: > Item 1: > > In my '72 Light sider. [ ahh finally get to talk about it again. the > darkside sure comes with plenty of problems. ] > > I had to adjust the clutch a few turns. It was at the bottom of the > pedal, and starting to give me trouble getting in gear. [ I guess it > wanted to be like my '67's hydraulic clutch. ] > > Anyhow, it hasn't really changed in the 7 years i've owned it. Does > this need for an adjustment mean my cable is going to break soon? Item 1: Yes, if your clutch hasn't needed adjustment for a long time and now does suddenly, you probably have a clutch cable starting to fray. > > Item 2: > > While i was at it I decided to finally do something about the pedal > assembly which seemed to flop generally to far forward, eyeballing the > pedal stop, it was all the way back in it's slot, so plenty of room for > adjustment. But when I started trying to loosen the stop bolt > I discovered this: > > http://herbie.ddv.com/~fess/type3/issues/pedal_stop_bolt/ > > so.. I left it for now. as it's sort of a two person job now, and even > them I'm not sure I want to disturb it. > i was sad to see my light side car had some junky hacks done to it as > well. > > Anyhow, the item 2 question: > > Is there some secret to getting the pedal backing plate in and out > without having to bend it? > I had a real hard time worming it out of there. > Item 2: You shouldn't have to bend it. You should be able to lift the bottom edge, and then finagle it out without bending it. As for adjusting the pedal stop, remember that the stop also is for the brake pedal. Make sure you still have clearance between the brake push rod and the master cylinder. There should be about 1-2mm clearance. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~