[DeTomaso] Brake repair terror

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Shortly after I bought my car that clevis pin fell onto my foot while I was applying the brakes, it had not had the clip installed.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Korb" <spkorb at gmail.com>
To: "List Pantera" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Brake repair terror


> I'm removing my brake booster to have it sent off to the rebuilder.
> The first step (after blocking the wheels and disconnecting the
> battery for some reason) is to remove the clevis pin from the pedal to
> the master push rod.  I'm fumbling around in the car's naughty bits
> and I can't find the pin.  I thought "crap, probably has stupid
> E-clips instead".  There's some washers up there... and... it feels
> like a nut on both sides.  Weird.  I start turning one of them, and
> then the other.
> 
> The nut came off in my fingers.  That's all I had between me and the
> Great Maker: a bolt, 6 washers and a finger not-tight nut.
> 
> sean
> 
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