Brake Pedal Return Spring

mightydodge · Post by **mightydodge** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:28 am

Here's a new one. I noticed that the brake pedal for my has a curved smooth head up at the top. The pedal out of a 1964 D-100 I was looking at had a slot at the top for a brake pedal return spring to attach to. I don't remember there being a spring attached to my brake pedal when I took the cab apart, but it has been several years since I started this project.

Anyone out there who has a 68 D-100: do you have a spring attached to your brake pedal? How is it attached? Thanks; just want to get some direction.

Post by **Hobcobble** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:53 am

Yes, there should be a return spring [PN#2232-140]
that attaches to the top of the pedal and to the
pedal support structure.
John

mightydodge · Post by **mightydodge** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:03 pm

How does the spring attach to the top of my pedal since it has kind of a smooth hump instead of a notch like on the 1964 D-100?

Post by **Hobcobble** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:20 pm

mightydodge wrote:How does the spring attach to the top of my pedal since it has kind of a smooth hump instead of a notch like on the 1964 D-100?

Here's what I've found.....
I looked at my '68 W200 and it has the spring. My '61
D200, '65 D100 & '67 W200 also have this spring. The
spring is shown in my parts book as equipment for
both D & W 100 & 200 models. The diagram I reviewed
was dated '67 and the acutal part was listed on a
page dated '69 as superceding the '68 part listings.
My '68 D100's both have the same top profile as you
have described..... perhaps they disappeared on the
D100's starting in '68?

There are quite
a few folks that own '68 D100's on this board so
maybe they can help us out.

Both of my '68
D100's had the hole for the spring in the pedal
support structure

..... weird.
John

plydus340 · Post by **plydus340** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:20 pm

My brake light has been staying on after I get out of the truck. Do I need a new spring? It's only 40 years old?

mightydodge · Post by **mightydodge** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:24 pm

Yeah, my brake light stays on too, which is why I started sniffing around. I have the same hole in the structure for the spring to attach to, but cannot figure out how the spring would attach to the pedal. It just didn't seem to make sense that spring would just slide over the top of the pedal with nothing to hold it on there; since there's no notch. Hopefully one of the other guys with a '68 will give us some insight.

Blue67 · Post by **Blue67** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:50 pm

My 66 has a spring and it sat for about 10 years before I got it. Pedal arm would not return on it's own enough to hit the brake light switch. I had to remove the bolt the brake and clutch pedals pivot on and shine the bolt up. After sanding the rust off I used some light oil. That fixed it.
Blue

JimE · Post by **JimE** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:29 pm

I had that problem with 69 D200, the cure was to replace the master cylinder. Jim

mightydodge · Post by **mightydodge** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:53 pm

What about the spring? Does anyone with a '68 or later have a return spring on the brake pedal? If so, how does the spring attach to the top of the pedal?

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