CH Peedal Mod

I made a simple modification to my CH brake pedal that I thought some of you might be able to use. I replaced my LWFF pedals with my CH pedals some time ago, but wanted more resistance to the brake pedal. I tried the tennis ball method, but was never happy with it. I had all these coil springs lying about that I had bought while experimenting with the springs in the LWFF pedals and was trying to figure out a way to use them with the CH pedals. I needed a flat surface between the base and the bottom of the pedal to hold the spring. I simply hot glued a wedge of wood to the bottom of the pedal and tried different springs until I found one that wouldn't bind and provided the required resistance. Be sure to recalibrate your brake pedal in GPL. / <------ pedal /_I <------ wedge __ / {} <------ spring don [|]-(_)-[|]

Andre, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a squash ball here in Los Angeles?<vbg> don [|]-(_)-[|] Andre Warringa wrote in message ...

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>Or you can just put a squahball under the brake pedal, works much >better than a tennisball :) > >Andre > > >On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:55:01 -0800, "don hodgdon" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>I made a simple modification to my CH brake pedal that I thought some of

you >>might be able to use. I replaced my LWFF pedals with my CH pedals sometime >>ago, but wanted more resistance to the brake pedal. I tried the tennisball >>method, but was never happy with it. I had all these coil springs lying >>about that I had bought while experimenting with the springs in the LWFF >>pedals and was trying to figure out a way to use them with the CH pedals.I >>needed a flat surface between the base and the bottom of the pedal to hold >>the spring. I simply hot glued a wedge of wood to the bottom of the pedal >>and tried different springs until I found one that wouldn't bind and >>provided the required resistance. Be sure to recalibrate your brake pedalin

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>>GPL. >> >> >> >> / <------ pedal >> /_I <------ wedge >>__ / {} <------ spring >> >> >>don >> >>[|]-(_)-[|] >> >> >> >

Andre, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a squash ball here in Los >>>>>>the squash ball idea sounds good. is that the same thing as a handball? Rik Anthrax - - "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"

Or you can just put a squahball under the brake pedal, works much better than a tennisball :) Andre On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:55:01 -0800, "don hodgdon"

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>I made a simple modification to my CH brake pedal that I thought some of you >might be able to use. I replaced my LWFF pedals with my CH pedals some time >ago, but wanted more resistance to the brake pedal. I tried the tennis ball >method, but was never happy with it. I had all these coil springs lying >about that I had bought while experimenting with the springs in the LWFF >pedals and was trying to figure out a way to use them with the CH pedals. I >needed a flat surface between the base and the bottom of the pedal to hold >the spring. I simply hot glued a wedge of wood to the bottom of the pedal >and tried different springs until I found one that wouldn't bind and >provided the required resistance. Be sure to recalibrate your brake pedal in >GPL. > / <------ pedal > /_I <------ wedge >__ / {} <------ spring >don >[|]-(_)-[|]

Ha Ha, I discovered that myself the other day. I used to play a bit of squash in college (in canada). I figured getting a squash ball would be a no brainer. There is a squash club in burbank i think. I haven't checked it out but I would guess they would have squash balls. chris don hodgdon wrote in message <87ke06$ej3$[email hidden]>... >Andre, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a squash ball here inLos

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>Angeles?<vbg> > >don > >[|]-(_)-[|] > > >Andre Warringa wrote in message ... >>Or you can just put a squahball under the brake pedal, works much >>better than a tennisball :) >> >>Andre >> >> >>On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:55:01 -0800, "don hodgdon" >><[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>>I made a simple modification to my CH brake pedal that I thought some of >you >>>might be able to use. I replaced my LWFF pedals with my CH pedals some >time >>>ago, but wanted more resistance to the brake pedal. I tried the tennis >ball >>>method, but was never happy with it. I had all these coil springs lying >>>about that I had bought while experimenting with the springs in the LWFF >>>pedals and was trying to figure out a way to use them with the CH pedals. >I >>>needed a flat surface between the base and the bottom of the pedal to

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>>>the spring. I simply hot glued a wedge of wood to the bottom of the pedal >>>and tried different springs until I found one that wouldn't bind and >>>provided the required resistance. Be sure to recalibrate your brake pedal >in >>>GPL. >>> >>> >>> >>> / <------ pedal >>> /_I <------ wedge >>>__ / {} <------ spring >>> >>> >>>don >>> >>>[|]-(_)-[|] >>> >>> >>> >> > > >

That was the same problem I had and why I wanted to find a method that used an easily changed spring, allowing me to adjust the spring rate if necessary. -- don [|]-(_)-[|] Phil Lee <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:87n2il$3f5$[email hidden]... > How do you get the squash ball to stay under the pedal? When I tried, the > thing kept on shooting out from under the pedal. > > Cheers > > Phil > > -- > http://www.youpies.co.uk > > >

How do you get the squash ball to stay under the pedal? When I tried, the thing kept on shooting out from under the pedal. >>>>.I think your supposed to cut it in half or something. Rik Anthrax - - "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"

What, you don't play squash in LA? Maybe you can order squashball online, it's really worth it, it works really good. There are different types of squashballs, make sure you have a stiff one! (talking about the squashball here) Andre On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 10:20:41 -0800, "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Andre, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a squash ball here in Los >Angeles?<vbg> > >don > >[|]-(_)-[|] > > >Andre Warringa wrote in message ... >>Or you can just put a squahball under the brake pedal, works much >>better than a tennisball :) >> >>Andre >> >> >>On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:55:01 -0800, "don hodgdon" >><[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>>I made a simple modification to my CH brake pedal that I thought some of >you >>>might be able to use. I replaced my LWFF pedals with my CH pedals some >time >>>ago, but wanted more resistance to the brake pedal. I tried the tennis >ball >>>method, but was never happy with it. I had all these coil springs lying >>>about that I had bought while experimenting with the springs in the LWFF >>>pedals and was trying to figure out a way to use them with the CH pedals. >I >>>needed a flat surface between the base and the bottom of the pedal to hold >>>the spring. I simply hot glued a wedge of wood to the bottom of the pedal >>>and tried different springs until I found one that wouldn't bind and >>>provided the required resistance. Be sure to recalibrate your brake pedal >in >>>GPL. >>> >>> >>> >>> / <------ pedal >>> /_I <------ wedge >>>__ / {} <------ spring >>> >>> >>>don >>> >>>[|]-(_)-[|] >>> >>> >>> >> > >

How do you get the squash ball to stay under the pedal? When I tried, the thing kept on shooting out from under the pedal. Cheers Phil -- http://www.youpies.co.uk

I have the CH Pro pedals, there's a little pin behind the pedal which keeps the quashball quite good in place. To secure it more tightly I used some double sided tape. I don't think the pin is on the normal CH pedals, since it's on a piece of hard plastic used to stop the pivot movement, only available on the pro version. But try it with the double sided tape, maybe that will secure it enough. Andre