M@tt 77 Posted December 18, 2005 I just wondered if anyone else experiences this with their brake pedal. Basically where the brake pedal sits at rest you can either pull it up slightly with your toe or you press the pedal you can move it down about half a centermeter or so before it actually feel like its starting to exert any pressure. It appears that there is a slight amount of movement in the linkage connector between the pedal and the servo and also in the servo itself. As a fix i've tried attaching a large nut onto the end of the brake pedal sensor (which still allows the sensor to be pressed as the pedal returns) This effectively prevents the pedal from travelling back up this final half a centimeter and therefore takes out the slack but unfortunaly i can find a M12 nut with the correct thread on it at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rippthrough 98 Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Thread revival, woo. Was just searching through the threads on servo's and I've got these symptoms too. Do you get a similar problem to me whereby the pedal goes a bit mushy at low speed but firms up after hard acceleration? Or have you fixed it? Edited February 2, 2006 by pugtorque Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted February 2, 2006 unfortunately as my car has run yet i'm not sure if it firms up aftter hard braking sorry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rippthrough 98 Posted February 2, 2006 unfortunately as my car has run yet i'm not sure if it firms up aftter hard braking sorry Bugger. Wonder if it's something with the linkage in the servo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C_W 3 1 Cars Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) They're all like this and most cars do have some kind of play in the brake pedal but sometimes not as much. However, I did the same thing on mine and it seems to give the brake pedal better feel. The nut I used is both the spacer and the locknut combined and is a female brake pipe union with the pipe end drilled out. Edited February 2, 2006 by C_W Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rippthrough 98 Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) They're all like this and most cars do have some kind of play in the brake pedal but sometimes not as much. However, I did the same thing on mine and it seems to give the brake pedal better feel. The nut I used is both the spacer and the locknut combined and is a female brake pipe union with the pipe end drilled out. Managed to take some play out of the linkage by drilling out the hole for the pushrod on the brake pedal, and fitting an old pushbike bearing in that was the right size instead, also adjusted the rod so it's about mm longer. Sorted now, they feel great. Edited February 2, 2006 by Rippthrough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted February 2, 2006 any chance you could take a pic of what you've done as that sounds like a good way of doing it as i'm struggling to find the right sized threaded nut for mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rippthrough 98 Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) any chance you could take a pic of what you've done as that sounds like a good way of doing it as i'm struggling to find the right sized threaded nut for mine I haven't got a camera Your's may be different as this is on the 306, but anyhow:- Just where the linkage is attached to the pedal itself, on mine there's a gap, where it's worn down over the years, so I drilled the pedal, and pressed in an old (plain sleeved) pushbike bearing in, which happened to be a perfect fit for the pin on my pushrod. Don't know about the 205's but my pushrod is threaded? So I wound it out a turn before reconnecting the pushrod to the pedal. Edited February 2, 2006 by Rippthrough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
