TC Clutch Chain Positioning

[SteveW]

Could someone post a picture please of the route that their clutch chain takes from the pedal to the lever arm? I've fitted mine today and it gets uncomfortably close to the bracket that holds the brake light switch. Is it just a case of bending the brake light switch bracket away from the horizontal, or am I doing something wrong? If so, I cannot see what, as the end of the lever arm is defined, as is the end of the clutch pedal.

[Duncan M]

Fromtheframeup online catalog shows the bend. Bends so switch goes above the chain.

https://fromtheframeup.com/collections/ ... ght-switch

[AbingdonNerd]

Duncan - I thought it was the other way around- so that the small hole for the brake light switch spring was towards the back - so that the spring didn’t ride on top of the bracket. This causes the switch bracket to be below the chain.

Is that incorrect- I have seen the drawing on the FTFU site - but that just doesn’t seem correct.

[AbingdonNerd]

Here is the drawing

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0270/ ... 107280[img]

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[Duncan M]

The switch bracket has never been off my car, unless the first owner reversed it before the car was barely 2 years old. The actual switch has been off to refurbish it, by me. Bracket bends up to be above the chain, and the switch is mounted to the top of the plate. Switch on top of plate, and plate installed with bend to put it above the chain. Switch electrical connections pointing up. Maybe early cars are different? No idea.

There is a lot of bad info floating around on the internet or in people's heads in regards to the T/A,B,C's. I remember reading (10 years ago) the Buell article on the TC front end, and the article saying to adjust the spindle/bearing (main) nut to 13 ft lbs torque. When I pointed out that dangerous error, it was pointed out to me that the article with the bad info had been up for something like 30 years and nobody had ever said anything. New version of Buell article has the correct tightness, now.