Re: Spider clutch pedal

[C2slayman@domain.elided]

Russ,
       I think past threads have been on the pivot arm, not the clutch pedal 
itself.  The welds you are describing on the clutch pedal sound like the 
normal manufacturing process (it's been a while since I looked under there). 
       As far as I know, the pedal is strong enough for the job.  But the 
pivot shaft (ie the part that transfers the pedal motion to the clutch master 
cylinder) is a different story.  If you have the master cylinder off, you can 
remove the pedal housing from the firewall.  Then the pivot shaft can be 
removed and inspected.  The problem is that the weld between the shaft and 
the arm that drives the clutch master cylinder is on a turned down piece of 
the shaft.  A weld bead should be run around the large diameter of the shaft 
and the arm.  The way the factory did it is just insane.  And it was done 
that way for >25years!!!!!

Cheers,
Charlie

In a message dated 07/18/2002 8:26:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:34:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Russ Tine <rtalfa@domain.elided>
> Subject: Spider clutch pedal
> 
> Hi, I know there has been discussion in the past
> regarding the weld on Spider clutch pedal. Now that I
> am rebuilding the assembly, I just wanted to be sure
> of what I am looking at. Unless there has been a
> previous repair, it appears that the clutch pedal is
> welded to the pivot about an inch below the shaft. Is
> this a repair, or is this the way it was made? 
> I will be replacing both master cylinders, anything
> else I should do while I am in here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Russ Tine
> 75 Spider
> 87 Milano
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