Pedal Adjustment Struggles

[chrisp993]

So, I'm closing in on the end of my build and wanted to adjust the pedals ... the brake and clutch seem set too high, I almost have to push down on them toward the floor vs. pushing them more horizontally toward the firewall. Anway, today I opened up the pedal box and spent a very frustrating time trying to figure out adjustments:

 

Brake: mounted with a pin and clevis to a threaded rod, I ( eventually!) worked out that since the nut was captured within the clevis, turning the threaded rod would move the brake pedal along the rod toward the firewall and in so doing move the "arc" of pedal movement in the direction I wanted. But there was very little adjustment, really less than 1/2" of rod before the end of the rod butted up against the pedal. But this might be enough if I can get the clutch and gas pedal to work with it.

 

Clutch: plenty of locknuts etc. but no actual freedom to really move these without moving the clutch stop - which seems like a bad idea. I'm stumped on how to make any real adjustment to the clutch pedal

 

Gas: assuming Brake and Clutch are lowered, the Gas pedal will also need to be swung down in order to match. The WOT throttle stop is easy to adjust but the resting position has a ridiculously small, couple of threads adjustment - do people switch this out for a longer nut in order to move the resting position lower, or am I just misunderstanding?

 

I feel like I'm missing something with all of the above - attached some pics to try and show what I mean. Can anyone who's ventured down this path help me out?

[KnifeySpoony]

Can you take a picture in your pedal box - your description of the position/orientation of the pedals doesn't seem right.

[chrisp993]

Thanks for the reply!

 

Different to the two pictures I attached? Can you be more specific on what you want to see?

[chrisp993]

Two more pictures ... the brake pedal is adjusted as low as it will go, feels OK

 

Gas pedal seems too high, much higher than brake pedal when brake is depressed

 

Clutch is a little high, would like it save as brake but per my original post there doesn't seem any adjustment in the clutch withiut altering the clutch stop.

[7Westfield]

For the clutch, take out one (or both) of those nuts behind the clevis

To lower the brake, cut 1/4" off the pushrod, so it doesn't hit pedal

Looks like you just need a different (longer) bolt to lower gas

 

Re-adjust brake switch and throttle cable after heights are right

[chrisp993]

7Westfield, thanks! 

 

For the clutch, the lower nut is a locknut for the clutch stop so needs to stay. I could remove the middle nut but then would have to lock the clevis against the clutch stop locknut i.e it's a two position option, stock or remove one nut (or possibly source a half height?). Really seems like this adjustable setup should actually ... adjust. Still feel I'm missing something! 

 

Brake is probably OK at limit of adjustment. Don't want to cut pushrod until I know what I'm doing ... one way trip!

 

Gas pedal, yes, that was my conclusion, and easy to get a longer bolt!

 

Still just confused ... online searches show easy adjustment of the RHD pedal box 🤔