Upgraded Accelerator Pedal - Installed by JBugs:

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0:00hi guys Sam jbugs.com we're back again0:02in the shop here at0:07work at work on the 1967 Beetle you guys0:10haven't seen this in a little bit cuz0:12well we've been busy on a lot of things0:14since the New Year and that period uh0:16doing a lot of work at home uh after0:18hours uh on Nathan's car here at work uh0:21not a whole lot's changed still have the0:23uh the unassembled long block that we0:25need to finish turning into a running0:27engine of course we got the 67 we still0:29have plans with back over there we've0:31got uh that damaged aluminum engine case0:34and a whole bunch of products 84 mm0:36flange crankshaft 92 mm thick wall0:40pistons and cylinders Strokers of course0:42uh so we're going to build a large0:45engine if anybody is really good with0:46numbers an 84 by 92 or 92x 84 depending0:50on which way way you want to go with it0:51uh that's going to be a 2234 engine0:53we're going to build that thing into0:55over here we've got a gram scale ring0:57grinder flap wheels and stuff like that0:59so I can go through and end weight our1:02connecting rods we can make certain that1:04our Pistons are uh all match weighted1:06same thing on the connecting rods that's1:08why we got all that stuff but today1:10we're here to work on this little guy1:12right here foot pedal assembly upgraded1:16the biggest upgrade of course is this1:18heavy duty lever with ball bearing1:20equipped roller and a flatbed1:23accelerator pedal with a thicker pin1:26here more strength and much smoother1:30throttle actuation let's get to it so1:33we're going to take that amp kit and get1:35that installed with that upgraded pedal1:37which involves jacking the car up1:39loosening the clutch cable then we can1:41go inside pull off our access plate on1:43the back side of the tunnel disconnect1:45the clutch cable pull out the pedal1:47assembly bring it over the bench make uh1:49one small modification is all that1:51should take I believe depending on if1:53it's got the the little arm on the back1:55side of the accelerator pedal we'll take1:56a look at that if that's there we'll cut1:58that out but other than that it's a2:00pretty much a bolt on a2:06fair and we'll come in here and we'll2:08note where2:10our six2:12shooter clutch cable adjustment nut is2:14at and how much cable sticking out of it2:17or so we can get it back in the same2:18place when we put everything back2:20together so I'm going to disconnect that2:22real quick so you guys can see how nice2:24it is to use this six shooter clutch2:27cable adjustment that2:30you ever seen a clutch cable adjust that2:32easy these things are so nice and this2:36is the stain in the steel one I want to2:38drop this thing on my face2:43buto I don't know where the heck it went2:46but oh there it is there we go six2:49shooter stainless steel clut adjustment2:52nut super super nice and we'll come pull2:56out our AIS2:58plate3:00we've got that pulled out clutch cables3:03disconnected um you know what probably3:05should uh disconnect our throttle cable3:09let's see if I can do that by hand in3:12here yep I can sweet don't have to worry3:15about3:16that then you know what this time I'm3:18going to grab my3:28glasses3:30that and3:31that I3:33guess we'll make life easy and3:35disconnect the brake pedal rod with all3:38that3:39disconnected clip for our brake pedal3:41push rod spring disconnected brake pedal3:44push rod3:46disconnected3:48and perhaps3:50maybe I can have my pedal assembly up3:52there we3:53go just like so p l is out all right six3:58and a half millimeters basically4:00equivalent to/ quarter inch we got all4:03that we've got our pedal assembly we'll4:05pound out that pin and here we can see4:07the stock or accelerated lever it's only4:10got one pivot here this will actually4:13end up doubling up that pivot to give it4:15more4:17stability that came out by hand probably4:19because I cleaned this thing up earlier4:21all right so that's our stock lever4:24which gets upgraded with a double4:26pivoting lever much more cure on its4:30axis also got to push out this4:36pin and you can see that the upgraded4:40shoulder bolt doesn't fit our stock4:42pedal and our stock pedal has this ramp4:45that even that ramp is off AIS so that's4:48why this roller had to be wide and if4:52this gets bent out of shape or this4:55roller gets worn out and this is just a4:59plastic roller all this starts to get5:01very clunky not going to be a problem5:03anymore we've got to drill this out the5:06quarter in drill5:10bit slightly larger than a quarter inch5:13but we'll5:14uh we'll5:17get through them both yeah 26 so Next5:22Step Up is I'm guessing this is5:261764 seems about right 17645:30is our neck size5:38up and with5:44that the minest amount of play so again5:48a 6 and a half millimeter is what they5:50claim it to be if you can get a 6 and5:52half millimeter drill bit you'll5:54probably be better off but 17 64s will5:57do so now the question is is whether or5:59not not oh yep I'm pretty sure we're6:02going need to knock that guy off but6:04let's find out that guy attaches to6:06there this guy goes through6:09here that that6:11way no modification needed on that style6:15so if your Stop's way back there we're6:18good to go and the nice thing is is6:20because this have some some heft to it6:22that uh you can really feel how solid6:25and smooth it is very nice all right so6:31let's do that that that that and that6:34one thing I saw that was going to be6:35kind of a pain is getting this spring6:38fed into that hole so let me grab a pair6:40of needl noose pliers and see that makes6:44anything easier imagine it probably6:46should yeah you know what I'm just going6:49to ever so slightly Bend this tab out to6:54give me some room to put that spring in6:56place ah easy peasy glum and squeezy7:00and then we'll tap it7:04back good as gold got to be up past that7:09step there we7:15go7:17nice all right that's that that's7:24that that's7:26that too many tools in the way7:31all right and there we7:36go we'll get a 13 mm wrench tighten that7:39down and this does have a NY7:42loock oh here that not quite as good as7:46a German bearing from my skateboarding7:48days7:50but and this a upgrade in the sense that7:53we didn't actually have a rubber pad on7:55our pedal7:58before8:03and we'll make certain everything is8:05in and overlapped on the back sides make8:09certain that our pedal pad is8:12secure just like8:18so this guy's ready to go back in the8:21car and there we can see everything that8:24this pedal kit replaces not including of8:27course we didn't have a pedal Pad but so8:29we replaced our pedal pivot8:32spring pin lever roller washer and clip8:38with this kit which is lever roller8:42bearing equipped8:45nut pin with8:48circlip8:50spring shoulder bolt with a8:54nut all that is replaced with heavier8:57Duty items9:00and that pedal is9:01now spring9:04equipped all right hopefully I'm not in9:07your way while I'm doing all this9:08install but if I am I'm sorry always my9:11least favorite part is the the brake9:13pedal spring there we go got it there9:17and got it9:19there there we go Spring's good there9:22put our clip back in place and let's put9:25our bolts back in9:34now I'm probably to need some needle9:36pliers to get the cable in came out so9:38much easier last time I kicked the9:40camera over I'm sorry hopefully you guys9:42can still see I was able to get the9:44cable out of the old lever without9:47disconnecting it from the carburetor but9:49I can't get this thing in without9:52disconnecting it so I've got it9:54disconnected from our carburetor now and9:57let's9:58see10:01and you know what I'm going to10:03disconnect this lever or the spring10:07rather10:08because that just makes it so much10:11easier to get into and work10:13on there well all right well now that10:16we're10:19disconnected I can get some10:21slack10:24and insert the10:28cable10:31needl nose pliers might do some10:33helps there we go10:36beautiful all right that's set let me go10:39hook up the uh throttle cable at the10:42carburetor there we10:46go and I can't push this and pull that10:50at the same time so let me film that10:53make sure that we're getting a full10:58throttle11:02that's floored that arm should be all11:04the way pulled down basically uh11:07perpendicular to the car or parallel11:09with the the ground11:14anyway much more secure much more11:17surefooted is I guess probably the best11:20thing I can11:21say super super11:23nice all right that works now that I've11:26got everything back in place there I11:28will11:29reattach our clutch cable and button up11:32this11:33tunnel I like to take the pedal pad and11:36roll it up underneath there11:39but a11:42very solid11:44smooth accelerator pedal it's also a11:47good upgrade for those guys that you11:49lost your accelerator pedal lever I love11:52clutch cable access plates and now you11:54can see why see how easy it is to uh11:55patch a clutch11:57cable11:59just like that anyway as I was saying12:02it's a great kit for those that somebody12:04may have swapped out your pedal assembly12:07to a roller pedal and you want to go12:09back to a stock12:11pedal as long as they didn't cut off the12:14mount at the bottom right there that's12:16all you need and you can go back to a12:18stock style accelerator pedal the rubber12:21pad yeah we need to replace those but12:23we'll get there that's all there is to12:27that other than now I've got go12:29underneath the car and reattach the12:31clutch cable and do all that stuff but12:33you guys have seen that process that's12:36nothing12:37[Music]12:51new I don't know at what point my12:53microphone stopped working in the last12:55segment of video or like actually12:57technically three segments of video ago12:59but it did I didn't catch it so I got to13:03go for another13:27Drive13:51super13:54nice I'll give a a rolling example of13:57why I like SB da and vacuum Advanced13:59Distributors this is second14:02gear the car is14:05idling and14:07bucking and I can just roll into the14:12throttle and she takes off smoothly14:15let's see you do that with a double on914:18distributor that throttle is14:24just with that that's the MP 98 10 93-14:30upgraded accelerator pedal kit installed14:32pretty simple other than a little bit of14:34drilling and some fidgeting with that14:36accelerator cable to get it back in14:37which it's a little bit less clearance14:39against the tunnel versus a stock one so14:41it's a little bit more difficult to get14:42in but once it's14:45in it's in and on that note this is Sam14:48with jbugs.com saying world's full of14:50good people can't find one be one later14:57guys