04/20/10 - Clutch pedal repair (4:2000000 LOLLLL!!!)
Drugs suck.
I was driving back to work from lunch, when I noticed a distinct "crack
" feeling through my foot as I depressed the clutch pedal. I was
able to limp it back to work, where I investigated after I got out.
It appears that the pedal simply fatigued to the point of failure along
a seam due to the increased side loading caused by my heavy heavy
pressure plate. It also looked like the crack may have propogated
from a spot that I nicked with the die grinder as well when I was
modifying it back in 2007...
Here's a shot of it still in the car... (I encircled the broken area in pink)
Here's a shot of it removed from the vehicle...
I ground it down, welded it up, sandblasted it, then primed it. I
also added a brace on the opposite side for more support (brace shown
in pink):
Once I got it all back together, the pedal feel was SOOO much better,
as was the brake feel. Before there used to be a significant
amount of movement of the master cylinder when you stood on the brakes,
now it's a lot more stable.
In other news, my EBCS came in yesterday, just waiting on some fittings to hook it up, and time on the dyno...
BREWST!
I got the car on Turbociv's lift, checked everything over and took this
cool pic. (My photoshop stitching skills are not on par w/ my
fabrication skills)
Lastly: My car was featured on the front page of jalopnik.com!!!!
http://jalopnik.com/5518991/this-bmw-belongs-to-a-brilliant-automotive-troll#
XedgeX!!
