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Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:51 pm

When the heck holds it in? All i have is a pin and it can just slide right out leaving me with no brakes.

A diagram of the pedal assy would be awesome. The car is a 1961.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Found it

http://wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113721221

Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:48 pm

Yep, that's it!

I remember years ago, I was on the way to my very first VW show in the early 90s when I took an exit off the interstate, only to find I had no brakes! That was the cause - had to stop and try to figure it out, I'd never messed with a pedal cluster before that so I didn't even know what it was supposed to look like, but I knew something was missing. After I got to that show, I looked all over that show's swap meet for a used clip but didn't find one. In the days after that show, I couldn't find anyone that sold a new one either. If I remember, I think I rigged something home-made for a while til I found a good used one. Later on I picked up a couple of WW's new clips. Here's how the one in my 62 looks like:

Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:56 pm

I knew I was missing something on my pedal assembly. Good picture Glutamodo!

Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:46 pm

glutamodo, I would have expected a prettier, painted piece on your car! Why that looks just like mine!

Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:09 pm

LOL, well, the car gets driven! That pic took me a bit to find - I knew I had a reference photo of the "Z-bar" on the gas pedal, this was also in the shot so I cropped it down. The same picture in my Baja bug isn't any better...

Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:11 pm

So what you are really saying is these are the "BEFORE" pictures and your digital camera is out of film so you can't post the AFTER shots!

Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:13 pm

Nope, the "after" shots are somewhere in the future. I've tracked way too much snow and mud in the cars lately for anything better than those. :wink:

Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:56 pm

I decided against paying the .75 for a new little holder of the pin, and since JBugs and a local buggy shop didn't have one in stock, I just made one from a piece of steel that I had in our shop, and wallah!! It works like a charm, and is actually thicker than the original one. IT doesn't rub or bind in the position either, which is good! Thanks for these pics!

Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:29 am

well, i got some crunching noise when i pushed in the clutch pedal the other day. and now i have a couple of inches of play before it even thinks of engaging. looks the same at the tranny. bit rusted up so i know it hasn't come loose or anything. pretty sure it's not an adjustment issue. :(

so i was hoping to clarify since i am not the most mechanically inclined and haven't touched this stuff before. thanks for the pics.

it appears that the clip (in red) is pried down to allow the pin (yellow) to be removed. the pin engages the brake push rod? so the cluster can just be pulled off and re installed, pin put back in (going into the brake push rod) ,clipped and done? the cluster will come out in one complete piece?

i was looking for the cabe the other day to see where it connected to the pedal. makes sense now after seeing the pics. thanks glenn.

just in case it makes a difference this is actually on my 73, but i figured i would try this thread since it already covered alot and they seem to all be the same.
thanks

Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:48 am

That style of pedal cluster, that's early and won't be the same on your 73. Or it shouldn't be - unless they retrofitted an older pedal cluster that is. The later ones, the pushrod fits over a stud on the pedal, than is held on by both the pedal return spring and a push-on C-clip. You have to remove that clip and unhook the spring before you can get the pushrod off on those.

Here's a how the early type return spring looks, followed by an exploded view of the late style.

Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:23 am

looks pretty easy thenks to the pics.

great. thank you very much.

Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:15 am

removal was easy. thanks for the help. going to try to tie some nylon string before pulling through to make it easy to pull back.