H&T - Pre '06 pedal box - SORTED!

[21TonyK]

Tried to capture everything in the subject to help with searches. As suggested I think I've cracked the heal and toe issue on the pre-2006 pedal box.

The big problem (for me) was the height difference between the accelerator and the brake pedal when the brake was fully depressed. So, three things to address.

First off fully bleed the brakes and replace fluid. This ensured the pedal was not dropping further than it had to.

Then raised the brake pedal slightly...

How to raise the brake pedal

Then lowered the accelerator (by about and inch, or 25 mm)

Lowering Accelerator

In addition my brake has been moved over slightly to the right to close the gap between the pedals. I may invest in a non-slip pad the the accelerator and maybe a slightly modified accelerator pedal itself.

On the whole this has solved the problem for me and I even happier with the driving experience.

Hard down-shifts are now a joy!

[emenel]

Good Job

[Gooby]

From my point of view the bigest problem is the amount of "dead travel" in the brake pedal before the brakes bite. How have you solved this problem?

[21TonyK]

Gooby said:

From my point of view the bigest problem is the amount of "dead travel" in the brake pedal before the brakes bite. How have you solved this problem?

First off flushing the fluid throughly. Didn't got quite as far as flushing the clutch slave cylinder as well but did the whole caliper off "inverted" thing with dummy pads made from plywood etc. It took 3 complete flushes to get (I assume) all of the air out. Also changing the pads to Mintex helped improve the feel. I'm sure with OEM pads an element of what appears to be dead pedal travel isn't its just the pads having no effect until more pressure is applied.

Now I can hear the pads engaging within 3-5mm of pedal travel. This will no doubt increase as the pads wear but then that's an excuse to upgrade to Pagids.