Servo brace bracket

The hole will probably help the water that gets into the box to drain away. :yesnod:

I don't mean to be rude, but your mate may have an arc welder but doesn't seem to have the welding skills to go with it!

Can I suggest to the admins that Badgers post is moved to the How To on this topic as, with all due respect to the other posters (trailblazers), this appears to be the best engineered design I've seen?

cairnsys wrote: Can I suggest to the admins that Badgers post is moved to the How To on this topic as, with all due respect to the other posters (trailblazers), this appears to be the best engineered design I've seen?

I agree - It's a great bracket AND comes with full technical drawing with sizes etc in the PDF.

Brian's post appended to Clive's original 'How to'

Badger wrote:-

Brace now fitted, it's the second attempt; I made the first one out of 4mm for the long strip and got my mate (big foot) to push hard on the brake pedal and it still has some deflection.

Second attempt the long strip is now 6mm; there was still some slight deflection but it was where the 3 clamp bolts go between the plastic snorkel (you crush the plastic and the foam gasket underneath and cannot get them solid) I made up some spacers and filed out the plastic to suit so I was not clamping down on the plastic and used M8 bolts with large washers under the nuts; so now it's bolted solid metal to metal.

Another test with Big Foot and deflection is greatly reduced.

I went out for a run and the pedal now feels very firm; as it should with no spongy feeling.

Obviously it will make no difference in the overall braking efficiency, but the pedal now feels great.

I have added a sketch in PDF with some rough dimensions if anyone is thinking of knocking one up. (applicable to the TF only)

Mk 2 Bracket

Spacers and M8 Bolts

Spacers Fitted

Bracket in place

Sketch in PDF.

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