Re: Raquet ball, golf ball, tennis ball under CH pedal??

"Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ n S t P l A w M o r l d . c o m> wrote in message news:U9b_4.2006$[email hidden]...

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> I have a stiff coil spring I found in my garage (I don't play squash). I > have to press the pedal hard (like a car with no servo assistance) to lock > up the brakes. I worried that it my overstrain the pedals but I've seen no > problems. > > Tony Whitley > >

I did something similar by fastening a wooden wedge on the underside of my brake pedal with hot glue, then placed a coil spring between the wedge and the base of the pedal unit. I was worried that the spring would work it's way out but it's not moved in 4 months of use. One advantage of this method is the ability to change spring rates in a matter of seconds. -- don New GPL Program Covers for Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker1.clara.co.uk/clara.net/i/a/n/ianparker1/webspace/gpl/

>Can anyone fill me in as on how to do this (and with waht kind of ball >hehe) Taking a bit further, I use half a squash ball to make my brakes workable :-) Both the springs in the pedal are broken, and with me being too lazy to send off for new ones, I just put the squash ball in to serve as a "spring"! If I take the ball out, the pedal is just dead. Not sure how you'd do it with CH pedals but it's a good modification which you should definitely try. -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

A while ago I read somewhere that putting a golf ball or a raquet ball or a tennisball or half a tennisball or summat like that under the brake pedal improves braking because of the progressive resistance. Can anyone fill me in as on how to do this (and with waht kind of ball hehe) I have CH pros. Cheers Dolle Dolf

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>A while ago I read somewhere that putting a golf ball or a raquet ball >or a tennisball or half a tennisball or summat like that under the >brake pedal improves braking because of the progressive resistance. >Can anyone fill me in as on how to do this (and with waht kind of ball >hehe) > >I have CH pros. > >Cheers > >Dolle Dolf

I suppose you could try a golf ball, but they don't give very much. ;-) The idea orgininated with half a squash ball, if I'm not mistaken. I use half of a raquetball to the same effect. On my Microsoft pedals, half a ball folds neatly into the slot under the brake pedal. You may have to duct tape it in place or rig something, but that's the idea. Kurt

I've just got the regular CH pedals and I tried the squashball trick on them but it was too small so I grabbed a racquetball and jammed it in under the brake. After playing with it for awhile and finding the exact spot that it seemed most effective I grabbed the handyman's secret weapon (duct tape) and wrapped that sucker up so that it can't pop out. It seems to have helped, I'm not any faster but I don't slide off the track as much because I over braked (broke?) for a corner. Now I just slide off because I'm a bad driver :) -- Michael Horton GPL F2/F3 Hotlaps and Other Downloadables http://www.bus.nait.ab.ca/staff/mikeh/gpl

I have a stiff coil spring I found in my garage (I don't play squash). I have to press the pedal hard (like a car with no servo assistance) to lock up the brakes. I worried that it my overstrain the pedals but I've seen no problems. Tony Whitley

On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 16:29:47 GMT, [email hidden] (Dolle Dolf) wrote: snip Thanks guys Dolle Dolf

Any ideas what to use for the Ferrari pedals. -- Thanks Kieran Larkin www.PCracing.co.uk for the best racing news Tony Whitley <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ n S t P l A w M o r l d . c o m> wrote in message news:U9b_4.2006$[email hidden]... > I have a stiff coil spring I found in my garage (I don't play squash). I > have to press the pedal hard (like a car with no servo assistance) to lock > up the brakes. I worried that it my overstrain the pedals but I've seen no > problems. > > Tony Whitley > > > >

"Kieran Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote > Any ideas what to use for the Ferrari pedals. Buy a pair of CH pedals! -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

snip Thanks guys Dolle Dolf

Tried a volleyball . . . broke my right ankle . . . --DK

On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 01:27:33 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >"Kieran Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote >> Any ideas what to use for the Ferrari pedals. > >Buy a pair of CH pedals! Yes, those CH pedals will look great in your F355! Andre

Tried a volleyball . . . broke my right ankle . . . --DK "Dolle Dolf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> A while ago I read somewhere that putting a golf ball or a raquet ball > or a tennisball or half a tennisball or summat like that under the > brake pedal improves braking because of the progressive resistance. > Can anyone fill me in as on how to do this (and with waht kind of ball > hehe) > > I have CH pros. > > Cheers > > Dolle Dolf

On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 17:08:43 GMT, "Michael Horton" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I've just got the regular CH pedals and I tried the squashball trick on them >but it was too small so I grabbed a racquetball and jammed it in under the >brake. After playing with it for awhile and finding the exact spot that it >seemed most effective I grabbed the handyman's secret weapon (duct tape) and >wrapped that sucker up so that it can't pop out. It seems to have helped, >I'm not any faster but I don't slide off the track as much because I over >braked (broke?) for a corner. Now I just slide off because I'm a bad driver >:) > >-- >Michael Horton >GPL F2/F3 Hotlaps and Other Downloadables >http://www.bus.nait.ab.ca/staff/mikeh/gpl > >

Yup, did the same thing with my CH pros. Racketball stays in place nicely. Just wish that I could insert another racket ball hehe. Indeed I too stay on the track morenow. Dolle Dolf