Brake pedal spring retainer?

[golfmeup]

Hi everyone,

Just got back from overseas and collected my car, lovely drive home apart from having pretty much no brakes!!!

After nursing my baby home, found a spring had popped out from in the pedal cluster or near abouts.

The plastic retainer ( I'll add a photo soon) slides into the spring and has a clip or ball joint holder on the other end.

I'm guessing this is why my brakes have no spring?


I have a part number, but would really love to have the car back on the road by the weekend as I have plans.

Any ideas?
I tried gluing it and clamping in a vice, but looks not so solid.

If I have a chance I might try to get the part machined in aluminum.

[sports racer]

Brakes only slow you down.

[golfmeup]

Brakes only slow you down.

It's the drivers in front of me I worry about!

[sports racer]

Where's the picture you promised so we can see what you are talking about?

And welcome back. Must be good getting back into the Golf (even without brakes).

[golfmeup]

Really good to drive it again, although the heavy rain we have been having( and lack of brakes) has meant more time looking at it than driving it!
Localized flooding in the northern rivers today! but the sun came out so hopefully the weekend looks better.
The internet where I'm staying is crap, so photobucket was refusing to let me add the link.

Here's the photo-

[sports racer]

As a temp measure can you use rubber bands to pull the pedal back into position? Loop them over the pedal and around something under the dash up high. Not ideal but it means you can still drive.

[golfmeup]

As a temp measure can you use rubber bands to pull the pedal back into position? Loop them over the pedal and around something under the dash up high. Not ideal but it means you can still drive.

I'm going to stick my head under this morning and have a good look at it all.
I may try to rig up some temporary return or reinforce the part that is damaged.

[golfmeup]

Well it turns out, the spring is actually off the clutch!!!

2 things happened- car hasn't been driven for a year and has air in the brakes and the clutch return spring plastic retainer clip thingy snapped.

Will bleed the brakes tomorrow and try to sort out how to compress the spring enough to get it back on.

[sports racer]

So you made me crawl under the dash last night, in the rain, twisting my poor old fragile body looking for your brake spring FOR NOTHING!!!

Bloody Queenslanders............... back in the country for only 1 day and already causing trouble




Let us know how you go. Hope it's a 5 hour job to get the spring back on and you get a hernia.

[golfmeup]

So you made me crawl under the dash last night, in the rain, twisting my poor old fragile body looking for your brake spring FOR NOTHING!!!

Bloody Queenslanders............... back in the country for only 1 day and already causing trouble




Let us know how you go. Hope it's a 5 hour job to get the spring back on and you get a hernia.

Actually might take me that long! I'm thinking of taking off the steering wheel and pulling out the seat!
What a B&@;( of a job to get to!

Still went for a drive this afternoon.

[golfmeup]

Trying to look in my Haynes- nothing much about the pedal cluster. Trying to compress the spring is the tricky bit.

[sports racer]

It's 1am. Finished yet?

[golfmeup]

Paul, I stopped fiddling with the cars around sunset.
Two kids to help look after and just moving into a little cottage- means lots of distractions.
On a good note, cleaned out the shed and have a decent workshop space to work on the cars.
Bled the brakes and have full braking back again!

The clutch seems ok until I can get my arse in to gear and finish it.
Now I need to order that damn shifter bushing repair kit- reverse is a right bast£>d to find.

[sports racer]

Bet you're itching to getting it running properly and putting a few k's on it. Even though I do 800 ks a week I still get a buzz every time I get in mine.

[golfmeup]

Drove from parents place up to Nerang (Surfers Paradise) yesterday and she ran like a dream on the highway.
Even fully loaded with 3 adults and 2 kids ( yep).
Only problem was finding 5th gear!

So today I'm ordering the bloody shifter repair kit.

Any good place to buy in Aus or does everyone else get them from Gap or other overseas sources?