Fixing clutch and brake pedal "wobbles" Ford F-15A

[Jacques Reed]

As it gets closer to reinstalling the engine I am tidying up a few loose ends that are easier to do with the engine out of the truck.

Sloppiness in the brake and clutch pedals arms is quite common due to wear on their shaft and bushings. Besides being annoying it is downright dangerous if your foot slips off either pedal. My first "Blitz" had the wobbles so bad on the clutch pedal arm that a previous owner cut the floor plate out to give it more room to move. Ah, bush engineering at its finest!

As shown in the photos the original shaft has a substantial wear groove in the bushing area. This wear, plus wear in the bushings magnified over the length of the arm resulted in over 1/2" of sloppiness at the pedal.

A few years back I obtained a NOS shaft and bushings from Trelevens in Adelaide who unfortunately is no longer around. No doubt they are still available somewhere or could be easily turned up. Could not find appropriate rivets so I have made my own from a 5/16" bolts cut roughly to shape then finished off with a file in the "vertical lathe" ie. drillpress.

The sloppiness is now negligible at the pedals.