Brake calipers sticking?
#21
10-07-2020, 11:26 AM
I recently went through a similar thing where my brakes were sticking and I couldn't figure it out at first.
As a hail mary I changed the master cylinder and booster first since it seemed way easier than that pedal pivot up inside the dash. Well that didn't help at all. Pedal still sticking.
I bit the bullet and dug into the dash and dug that pedal pivot out of there, man what a pin in the you know what. Mine was half corroded away and the pedal had a bunch of slop. I found a fairly clean looking one, off eBay, from somewhere in the south where moisture isn't the big problem it is here slathered that thinkg up with marine grease. And reused the plastic bushing things since I could not find replacements for those, and slapper her all back in there.
It's been working great since I put the new pedal pivot/shaft in there but man what a pain that job was.
As a hail mary I changed the master cylinder and booster first since it seemed way easier than that pedal pivot up inside the dash. Well that didn't help at all. Pedal still sticking.
I bit the bullet and dug into the dash and dug that pedal pivot out of there, man what a pin in the you know what. Mine was half corroded away and the pedal had a bunch of slop. I found a fairly clean looking one, off eBay, from somewhere in the south where moisture isn't the big problem it is here slathered that thinkg up with marine grease. And reused the plastic bushing things since I could not find replacements for those, and slapper her all back in there.
It's been working great since I put the new pedal pivot/shaft in there but man what a pain that job was.
Is this the pivot you’re referring to? Thank you.
#22
10-07-2020, 12:03 PM
#23
10-07-2020, 12:48 PM
If that is a picture of yours in the photo above, I will say mine looked much worse than that. I wish I'd saved it, but I think I threw it away.
The one weird thing about your pic is I don't see any of those white plastic bushings on the shaft. Without them I would expect there to be extra slop. Mine was a little different though since it has the clutch pedal on there too..
The one weird thing about your pic is I don't see any of those white plastic bushings on the shaft. Without them I would expect there to be extra slop. Mine was a little different though since it has the clutch pedal on there too..
#24
10-07-2020, 12:55 PM
If that is a picture of yours in the photo above, I will say mine looked much worse than that. I wish I'd saved it, but I think I threw it away.
The one weird thing about your pic is I don't see any of those white plastic bushings on the shaft. Without them I would expect there to be extra slop. Mine was a little different though since it has the clutch pedal on there too..
The one weird thing about your pic is I don't see any of those white plastic bushings on the shaft. Without them I would expect there to be extra slop. Mine was a little different though since it has the clutch pedal on there too..