pedal box help

[ggggg]

I need a way of transferring the pedal force to actuate vertical master cylinders, I am thinking you can use something like a bell crank is that right?

Cheers

[Wes Johnson]

you can use magnets

[Drew Price]

Items which change the direction of an applied force:

Pulleys

Cams

Levers

Bellcranks

Wheelbarrows

Windmills

Hydraulic Rams (the brakes don't have enough hydraulics IMHO)

Buttons (electrical ones)

Rattlesnakes

Babies

String

Bicycles

Rob Woods

Forcefields

Chuck Norris

That guy who frisks you at the airport

Ball screws



In seriousness, yes, you can use a bellcrank like linkage to push down on the cylinders. Be careful of misalignment between the threaded actuator attached to the piston and the cylinder though, it will give a non-linear response to pedal force, and side loads the pistons.

Best,
Drew

[Superfast Matt McCoy]

Originally posted by Drew Price:
Chuck Norris


Chuck Norris does not change the direction of an applied force, the force simply changes direction to avoid Chuck Norris.