Let There Be Brakes!!!

[GS guy]

That is one seriously nice swing mount pedal system Jason! Is it a bolt-in job inside the cab? You might consider designing and selling a kit for that - at least the frame assembly - leave it up to the purchaser to purchase the pedals and mastercylinders?
That solves a lot of problems trying to get not only a dual M/C brake pedal, but hydraulic clutch too!
Nice!
Jeff

[GS guy]

OK - sorry about that Jason - just read through the whole thread and now see the details.

You mentioned the Wilwood mechanical caliper for E-brake. Not sure if you've gotten these yet? I'm in a similar boat and do have a set of these - that I'm likely not going to use. I'm not crazy at all about the way they mount - basically a small "tang" fitting into a somewhat crude slot on either side of the caliper (as shown in that previous pic). I'm also not crazy about the way the floating pad sits in the caliper - it's not attached to anything! There is an actuator pin, backing plate and puck-pad all sitting loose in the caliper - only thing holding them in place is the fit of caliper to rotor, and that's "roughly" determined by that tang mounting business. Might be all right for a go-cart but......

You've probably seen the new Wilwood caliper with built-in e-brake? That might be the direction you'd want to take?? Or..........

How about a real floating mechanical caliper - with bolt-in sliding pins that simply bolt to your mounting bracket - just like the hydraulic Wilwood calipers bolt on??!!
Take a gander at these - same overall size as the Wilwood mechanicals, true precision floating mounting pins....
http://www.ipsco.org/Custom%20Servic...ng%20Brake.htm
Came across these on a GT40's web board - and they look like the perfect match for a set of Wilwoods! They Will be going on my brake set-up.
Cheers,
Jeff

[volkdent]

I've got those crappy Wilwood ones, and I totally agree. Those ones you showed are awesome!!! I'll have to look into those when I get there. That MC bracket is really simple and I was surprised how well it worked out. I agree that it would be good to put into production, but I want to make sure it work really well before I do. It involves drilling 2 holes for mounting, that's it!!! You need to drill more for the fluid lines, but still, pretty minor compared to all the body hacking I've seen from other styles of pedals.

Jason