911T pedal disassembly

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:32 am

I have just bought my first 911 (a 1972 911T). It has a few small problems, the worst of which is sticking brakes. I traced the problem back to a stiff brake pedal - there appears to have once been a wasp-nest inside the pedal box and the bits have worked their way into the mechanism. I would like to remove the pedal assembly and relubricate everything.

Does anyone know the correct routine for doing this? I thought I should check first rather than pulling everything apart and causing potential problems during reassembly.

Your input would be much appreciated!

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:51 am

Hi Jamie,

Congratulations on buying your first Porsche.
If your problem is at the brake pedal, you will want to remove the pedal assembly and install a new set of pedal bushes. Disconnect the wires to the brake switch, accelerator rod and the clutch cable. It may be easier to pull the centre carpet piece back slight and use the access hole to get you hand in.

I have attached a few pics that may help. Buy a new set of pedal bushes, (bronze seems to be used quite often now). Once you have the pedal assemble out, it should not be to difficult to see how it is a separated. The pic of the pedal assembly in pieces is for a RHD car (the pedal assemblies for LHD and RHD are different, but you can see the new bronze kit in the pic.

If you need any help, let me know.

Alan

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Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:55 am

Hi James, Nice choice of car

Any pictures?

(alan just beat me to it!)

You can disconnect the accelerator cable, clutch cable and brake master cylinder from the pedals undo the bolts holding the assembly to the floor then take the whole lot out.

Once you've got it on a bench it's much easier to see what you are doing. I'd recommend rebushing it whilst it's out, this much improves the pedal action as they stop flopping all over the place

Best reading on the subject is here:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticle ... luster.htm

Enjoy the roll pin in the end of the clutch pedal, I know I did....

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:40 pm

Thanks for the help guys. The stuff in the pictures looks like mine, so I'm in business! Design911 are local to me and seem to sell the bronze bushing kit you mention, so I'll pick that up tomorrow.

Can't wait to have the car on the road...

Gary - here's are some pictures of the beautiful machine! That's not my garage, BTW.

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Alan @ CanfordClassics · Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:18 pm

That looks like a very nice 1972 RHD 2.4T.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:25 pm

It's OK. Is matching parts, has an interesting history, suposedly only 41k miles and three owners, and I got it for £6500.

There are a few areas of bubbling paintwork and a few bits of trim which need replacing, plus the brake issue. Then it should be good to go. I absolutely love it

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:16 pm

Nice car (and another T

) I do love this site. Alan's pictures are so helpful, I'm surprised he or someone has not volunteered to do it for you

Keep the good work up guys.

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:00 am

It is matching parts, has an interesting history, supposedly only 41k miles and three owners, and I got it for £6500.

That looks and sounds like a very good buy. If you know of anymore like that please let me know as I am looking for another project car to work on.

Thanks for the kind words Brendan, I try and take pics of everything as pictures do help explain so much more than just words. Writing a PhD taught me that.

Jamie, if you need any help with it let me know.

Alan

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:47 am

£6500 is very good money,

I paid £5000 for mine, but it did have more than a passing resemblance to a shed and was LHD....

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:29 am

two points - with a RHD car you don't have to take out the roll pin in the clutch pedal so if you can save yourself that nightmare. Also, the bushing kits on sale in the UK are mostly from the US. I tried to find one for RHD cars but no-one sold them. You'll need a LHD one plus 2 more bushings that you can get direct from Porsche for a few quid. I posted on this before but can't find it. I'll see if I have the part numbers written down anywhere at home.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:59 am

wonderful looking car & sounds like you got a bargain

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:46 am

Hi,

Nick is correct the RHD pedal bush set, is slightly different. The difference is in the size of the spindle/rod of the accelerator arm. As the RHD one has to travel all the way from the right, past the pedal assembly and through the tunnel, therefore the size of the rod is larger. The bushes you require are not specific to that part and are the same size as the bushes used on the accelerator crank which is on the gearbox. If it helps I have about 10 of them in stock.

Cheers

Alan

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:14 pm

Alan
Is this Part 914.423.211.00? The bush for the bell crank? By coincidence I just looked this part number up this morning as I need a pair. You could save me a drive to my OPC. Damn, I like sitting in those new cars and drinking their coffee while they fetch me my £2 parts.

Alan @ CanfordClassics · Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:07 pm

Hi Nick,

I do not have my "PET" with me, in fact I still use original porsche paper ones most of the time. If you need a pair PM me your details.

Cheers

Alan

tanick · Post by **tanick** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:17 pm

These babies. I was just looking at this last night thinking that a couple of bushes might silve my sticking throttle. Looked it up this morning and found that there should be a pair there.

the part on pelican

Sorry to hijack this thread, but Janie you'll need these too for your car (probably x 4)