Snyder's new brake pedal return spring

JackA

JackA

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Has anyone had experiance with the new design brake pedal return spring from Snyder's?
 
JackA said:
Has anyone had experiance with the new design brake pedal return spring from Snyder's?
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Hey Jack,
Yeah, I use this setup. Read the 'CROSS SHAFT' thread just above your thread now. That will give you some good info, IMO.
 
Isn't that the same hook & spring set-up that they have always had?
 

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It was a "new" item to me, and certainly was not the stock setup. I fought for half and hour and couldn't get ithooked to the motor mount, but that is just me.
 
I've had a version of it for a number of years, apparently of an earlier design, because it was not that difficult to hook the spring to the motor mount,
 
Use a long screwdriver to hook the spring on the motor mount. I fought it a bit, until I got a long screwdriver and slid the spring down to the end of the screwdriver. Went on in 10 seconds.

Steve Becker
Berts Model A Center
 
It looks just like the spring setup that has been offered by many suppliers for many years but isn't original equipment. If the service brake cross shaft and brake rods are setup correct, the pedal will always return and you will have brakes that you didn't know that you had. Setup is a major part of having really good brakes .
 
SteveB31 said:
Use a long screwdriver to hook the spring on the motor mount. I fought it a bit, until I got a long screwdriver and slid the spring down to the end of the screwdriver. Went on in 10 seconds.

Steve Becker
Berts Model A Center
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Steve, When I was young & STUPIDER, (More stupid?), I was doing a spring like a "gorilla" with my bare hands & all of a sudden I had 2 R/H THUMBNAILS:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Thet thing HURT for 57 DAYS!! & it's still crooked.
Bill W.
 
It is easy to hook to the frame if you put a stiff S hook on the end of the spring. It may not be original but it is better than a dead battery if your pedal doesn't always return quite far enough.
 
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Better to just fix your brakes properly and get the high quality brake light switch from A&L with the brass bushings and be done with it. JMO. :D
 
If the slack is taken up in all of the service brake rods and the pedal rod so that the clevis pins will just enter the brake levers and brake pedal , the pedel will rise every time on its own. I'm sure the A&L brake light switch is good, the other repro switches usually don't work right out of the box .
 
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