Pedal assembly rebuilding.

[Brandon Sinclair]

I am sure my pedal assembly has never been rebuilt so it is about time.  If my memory serves me right there is a roll pin near the clutch pedal that I need to knock out and disassemble everything.  My question is regarding the bushing that is in there and probably needs replacing-where do I get that?  The only pedal parts I have seen are for the accl pedal.

Thanks

[danny gabbard]

If its not worn, Dont worry about it!

[marc1951]

Yes there is a roll pin but
I agree with Danny.


[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] I just went through the one in my '51 because the housing had "melted". ..... The bushing was still good.




 In fact unless you are experiancing problems or are just bored, I wouldn't even touch the assembly except to install some new pedal pads.


Marc

[Rennsurfer]

Only thing I'd do is take the assembly out, blast or clean it, paint it, add new pedal pads, call it a day. I agree with Danny.

[Jason Foster]

  Ha Ha...."melted"    looks like nuclear meltdown Marc.

  Ya know it was that picture that made me realize who you were when you and Bob were talking about a pedal assembly at A.J.'s that day.   I remember that well.  "Are you Marc Buehler"

 

[67worshipper]

Yes there is a roll pin but
I agree with Danny.


[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] I just went through the one in my '51 because the housing had "melted". ..... The bushing was still good.




 In fact unless you are experiancing problems or are just bored, I wouldn't even touch the assembly except to install some new pedal pads.


Marc

now that is a mess. whats that caused by?

[glenn]

If its not worn, Dont worry about it!

I thought the same thing until I went to step on the clutch and the pedal fell to the firewall.

The hook inside the tunnel broke. Lucky for me I was not a hundred miles away.


When I got home I put in another cluster that I had and decided to rebuild my original one.



Trust me... it's easy and well worth it. My gas pedal feel great and moves freely and  smoothly.

 

[Brandon Sinclair]

Glenn,

From your photo it appears that there is only one bushing-is that the case?

In my exploded diagram it shows 2 bushings for a 1974 pedal assembly.

What tools did you use to remove and replace it?

Thanks

[danny gabbard]

Here are a couple things I did to my peddles, Picture1 I boxed lower section and picture2 I replaced stock hook with cromoly peice. I took stock clutch cable tube out and running a morse cable with rod end.

[louisb]

For those who have rebuilt these, how did you get the pin for the clutch pedal back in? I have one two of these and I have yet to be able to get the pin in without it mushrooming the head. I ended up drilling it out and putting in a bolt like the HVW's article.

--louis

[glenn]

I purchased a rebuild kit from VW and it has a single plastic bushing that replaces the two bronze bushings.

[kingsburgphil]

For those who have rebuilt these, how did you get the pin for the clutch pedal back in? I have one two of these and I have yet to be able to get the pin in without it mushrooming the head. I ended up drilling it out and putting in a bolt like the HVW's article.

--louis

This works for me 

[Rennsurfer]

Nice pedal tricks, Danny... well done.

[Lanny Hussey]

For those who have rebuilt these, how did you get the pin for the clutch pedal back in? I have one two of these and I have yet to be able to get the pin in without it mushrooming the head. I ended up drilling it out and putting in a bolt like the HVW's article.

--louis

Odd, I've restored dozens of pedal assemblies, never had a problem knocking the pin back in. Possibly the pin is deformed as it's hammered out.
I you are working on an Oval or earlier assy(with the floor support), these assys will usually need new bushings to work right after they are restored. When the clutch is depressed at the same time as the brake, the brake pedal often does not return.

[marc1951]

  Ha Ha...."melted"    looks like nuclear meltdown Marc.

  Ya know it was that picture that made me realize who you were when you and Bob were talking about a pedal assembly at A.J.'s that day.   I remember that well.  "Are you Marc Buehler"

 

LOL.......that was funny as I could not figure out how you knew who I was. Bob still makes fun of me about that and, of course, everytime we ran into someone at the Classic that I knew, I could hear "Are you Marc Buehler"? under his breath. <grin>

The "meltdown" only destroyed the housing. All the steel parts like the shafts were fine once I cut the housing off them. It looked like it might have been due to electrolysis.