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Hi All, it's been a while.... As I was plowing, my brakes were getting soft, it turns out that the MC rebuild I did 8 years ago had now worn out, so I ordered a new one from VPW.
The old MC came out no problem, and while I was down there I thought I would replace the MC to pedal rod which i had purchased many years ago. Well that wasn't happening as the pin is rusted to it. Since there is no room to get a pusher of any sort or to drive it free, I thought I would pull the shaft for the brake pedal and drop it down. I had already noticed that the pedal shaft had drifted towards the transmission and was only holding on by about 1/4" inside the hanger. It too is frozen in the bore of the pedal. I figured that if it made it that far on it's own then rusted there, I could pump it full of grease and PB Blaster and drive it out the rest of the way the direction it was going. I grabbed some 3/4" brass bar and started wailing on it. I only got it to move about 1/16" of an inch and it seems really locked up now. It's still hanging on the hanger about 1/8" of an inch (meaning the pedal wont drop free) but I cant get it to budge. I spoke to a nice guy at VPW about it, he suggested removing the pedal hanger from the frame but it's SO rusted, the bolts aren't recognizable and it looks really frozen to the frame....you can see one in the foreground of the first pic. I thought that if it made it that far on it's own, I should be able to drive it out the rest of the way? The second pic shown is basically how I found it looking down with the DS floor pan removed. Thoughts?
I could just bolt the new MC up and be on my way, but I hate having my *** kicked by these snowball projects.
EDIT* For some reason I am getting a "You are not able to create or remove attachments" when I try to post. Mods?
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The old MC came out no problem, and while I was down there I thought I would replace the MC to pedal rod which i had purchased many years ago. Well that wasn't happening as the pin is rusted to it. Since there is no room to get a pusher of any sort or to drive it free, I thought I would pull the shaft for the brake pedal and drop it down. I had already noticed that the pedal shaft had drifted towards the transmission and was only holding on by about 1/4" inside the hanger. It too is frozen in the bore of the pedal. I figured that if it made it that far on it's own then rusted there, I could pump it full of grease and PB Blaster and drive it out the rest of the way the direction it was going. I grabbed some 3/4" brass bar and started wailing on it. I only got it to move about 1/16" of an inch and it seems really locked up now. It's still hanging on the hanger about 1/8" of an inch (meaning the pedal wont drop free) but I cant get it to budge. I spoke to a nice guy at VPW about it, he suggested removing the pedal hanger from the frame but it's SO rusted, the bolts aren't recognizable and it looks really frozen to the frame....you can see one in the foreground of the first pic. I thought that if it made it that far on it's own, I should be able to drive it out the rest of the way? The second pic shown is basically how I found it looking down with the DS floor pan removed. Thoughts?
I could just bolt the new MC up and be on my way, but I hate having my *** kicked by these snowball projects.
EDIT* For some reason I am getting a "You are not able to create or remove attachments" when I try to post. Mods?
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