Clutch and Brake Arm Alignment

Posted by Packard 1948 On 2015/8/23 15:51:34

After putting this thing all back together one (of the many) problems I am having is that the clutch arm and brake arm are both hitting the metal firewall plate.

I made sure that the bushings (copper looking washers) for the clutch/brake lever shaft were installed in the same position as previous however once the two levers found their natural position on the shaft that the two levers would barely scrape on the metal firewall plate.

I thought I could simply move the plate on the firewall however because the spring on the shaft sits between the clutch lever and the brake lever it pushes both away from each other to the point where the clutch lever will scrape on the outboard side of its hole in the plate and the brake lever will scrape on the inboard side of its hole.

What is the fix?

Does one (me) need to buy bushings and place them to the left of the clutch lever and to the right of the brake lever to move each inboard sufficiently to reduce the scraping?

THANKS AGAIN!!!