Brake/Clutch Pedal Bearing

Noob. One of the brake/clutch petal bearings is missing from the under tub linkage. Is this a part that can be sourced or do I wing it? I have wanted this Jeep since I was 10 years old. Any help you can shed on appreciated.

 

I am guessing your talking about the cross over bracket mounted on frame
remove it and take to local machine shop with the clutch cross shaft . have new bushing installed
the brake pedals wear also . so you might want to have that bushed as well

 

What year and model jeep?

 

Nice diagram Howard, shows everything.

 

Just to be clear there are no bushings. The shaft wears in the bracket and the brake pedal arm wears on the shaft. You can have it bushed (as suggested above) or replace the parts that can be found repro. The parts are Bracket 24-08 and Shaft 24-08 from the diagram above. You may also need the brake pedal arm that is not detailed.

 

Wasn't it determined that back when the crust of the earth was cooling that the military version of the frame bracket did have bushings for the shaft to rotate on ? And was a much more heavier duty bracket ?

 

Looking at the military manual TM 9-803 (dated 22 February 1944) that covers the MB and GPW jeeps no bushing is shown. There is a zerk fitting to lubricate the shaft but again, no bushing.

 

Clutch/ brake shaft

 

Great diagram. My brake pedal has a dangerous amount of side play. I've gotten it stuck behind the accelerator pedal! For those of you that have encountered this problem, does the shaft wear, or the arm? The arm is a casting, so I would guess it would wear first.

 

Jeep even once had a dealer kit for this. It took up side play with an adjuster nut on the end of the shaft.

 

I would make a nut if I thought it would help, but it looks like the brake arm is held in place by just a washer and cotter pin. If the shaft is in good shape, bushing the arm would be the ticket.

 

Agreed. The nut arrangement replaced the cotter pin.
Here is another arreangement.

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/840/medium/23Pedal_Repair.jpg





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I once tried washer shims at the cotter pin, it helped slightly - but the real answer is re-bushing.

 

Oh, nice! A picture is worth a thousand words!

 

This is what you want. Pic from ebay. It is stock to a M38A1. The bushing is brass and you can see it in the pic. As said, much beefier. Has zerks, etc. I am not certain, but i believe this will bolt right up to a CJ5, but at any rate, if you have to drill a hole or two, it's going to be worth it.

 

Well crap! I just should've kept my M38a1! Does that replace bracket 24-08?

 

Yeah, I like the A1s.
I believe it will replace the 24-08 but you might have to make a hole or two and adapt a bit. Also, at least one guy on the forum has fabricated his own version of the 24-08- very heavy duty.

 

Seems to me that at least one pedal bore will probably still need rebushing.

 

My clutch pedal seems pretty good, the brake is the bad one. It might be one of those things where i fix one and realize how bad the other is!