Date:         Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:47:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: broken return spring on brake pedal
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A helpful friend with ETKA access confirmed for me that what I'm
looking at is one piece, the spring is part of it, so I'm going to
have to figure out some kind of replacement.  Maybe I'll rig my own
return modeled like the clutch one where you could replace it without
removing the dash and disassembling the pedal assembly.

mike

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Mike South <msouth@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am converting an 85 at to manual using parts from an 85 manual.  The
> return spring for the brake on the manual's pedal cluster is broken.
>
> The Bentley diagram, unfortunately, seems to be showing the brake
> pedal for an automatic, which is singularly unhelpful at the moment.
> The brake pedal on the manual is shaped differently in order to be
> able to clear the mount point for the clutch master cylinder.
>
> What I'm trying to figure out is how to replace the spring.  I was
> hoping for an exploded view of the mechanism in the Bentley but it's
> not the same thing.  It's obvious how to take the spring off of the
> AT's pedal.  And it's the same spring (I think)--I could reuse it on
> the manual's pedal if I knew how to put it on there.
>
> However, the way it looks to me is (and I know this is crazy--or at
> least it seems crazy to me) as though the spring is put on there, and
> then the piece that pushes on the brake booster is welded on after
> that.  As in, spring breaks, you "spring" for a new pedal...is that
> possibly correct?
>
> There is a picture of a complete manual cluster on the samba (at the
> moment).  It's not really very detailed but you can see the brake
> pedal and the piece that pushes on the booster (you can see the spring
> is hooked around it):
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=801025
>
> It looks to me (on mine) like the pedal and the part that pushes on
> the booster are welded to the same collar that the spring is around.
> Anyone know if that's correct?
>
> mike
>