1968 Brake Pedal Bracket Mounting

[x-codegtcs]

OK - I am stumped a little. My Jim Osborne book doesn't show me what I am looking for - or maybe, I am just not accepting what I see.

I am installing the brake pedal bracket/assembly and I expected it to also bolt to the dash. However, the book doesn't show any nuts on the "top" of the dash and the studs don't line up very well with the dash holes (about 1/8" short) to even get through to put a nut on the stud. Does anyone have any photos of their brake support at the dash before it was removed - or after it was reinstalled? I just seems funny to me that the pedal bracket would be unsupported at the dash.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[x-codegtcs]

Still no takers on this one?

 

[dalorzo_f]

Don't have my references, or the cars, biz trip and on the road. But think they only bolt to the firewall with two small screws until the rest of the assembly goes in. Think the dash end is retained by the steering column bracket and at the firewall by some of the booster bolte/studs. But am not 100% sure...

 

[68sunlitgold]

Don't know if you have this, it came out of the Jim Osborn 'Chassis' Assembly Manual. It does not show where it bolts to.

Doug

 

[dalorzo_f]

That is the clutch assist spring bracket.

 

[Ruppstang]

Bryce the top two studs of the column bracket pass through the dash structure. If yours do not line up something must be bent, use a tapered punch and pull it in to alignment.
Marty

 

[x-codegtcs]

Marty-thanks! So - based on this, the assembly from top to bottom (for the brake pedal bracket-dash cross section only) would be :

Nut
stud
dash
brake pedal bracket (and nut)
steering column bracket
nut

I really should give you a call...I have been swamped...THANKS AGAIN!!!

 

[dalorzo_f]

Not sure what you mean by the first "nut stud dash"... here is shot of one. The bracket just rests on the dash metal, bolted from below, nothing above it but the bracket...

 

[x-codegtcs]

Richard - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! It makes complete sense now! I had the bracket BELOW the dash. No wonder it wasn't lining up! This is what happens when a car sits disassembled for 10 years!

 

[dalorzo_f]

A picture is worth..... :wink:

Happy to help. I need a lot... so nice to return the favor sometimes!