It's the top of the pedal. The pin can move back and forth. How do you
get
the pedal out of the "box" and then the pin out of the pedal and then
lastly,
the whole lot out of my life? :-) Thanks.
OK, I just repaired one of these myself.
First off, it's not a nightmare to disassemble. With the pedal box on the
bench, remove the cross pin holding the centre pin in place. To be honest I
usually just break these as they tend to rust in place - a taper pin of the
proper size is a good replacement.
Then, the pivot pin can be knocked out - this usually requires a support
under the pedal box, a drift and a hefty mallet to accomplish, depending on
the rust and corrosion. Heat can be useful here too...
With the cross pin out, the pedal should come out of the pedal box. The bit
you've got problems with is at the top of the pedal - the assembly being a
sleeve with the cross pin running through it and the top of the pedal.
If you knock out the cross pin you'll see the wear - the edges of the pedal
wore away the pin (and the edges of the holes...). What I did was to take a
bit of steel bar of the proper size (don't remember but 5/8 sounds right -
check yours first). Cut it to length and cross-drill it with a hole the
proper size for the pushrod, and chamfer the edges of the cross-drilling.
If you look at the pedal you'll see where the hole's gone out of round - a
few judicious taps with a hammer will pull in a lot of the ovaling.
Assembly is of course the reverse of disassembly...<>grin>
ajr
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