Change Brake Pedal Height

[Bronco DLight]

I have a '74 that's almost finished and ready to go. One thing, though. The brake pedal is so high and far off the floor that it's really a pain to drive. The brake must be at least 6" higher than the accelerator at baseline. I believe there's plenty of travel to allow me to drop it. aside from cutting and re-welding it at a lower angle, is there an easy way to drop it? Is this a common setup/problem?
thanks

 

[thegreatjustino]

Only way to do it is to shorten the push rod that goes from the brake pedal to the master cylinder.

Before I cut and welded one, I'm measure the one I have and simply try to find a shorter one.

 

[KBUCK1]

If you do cut the push rod, keep in mind cutting it a half inch will move it much further than that. They do make adjustable push rods and that would be the easiest route

 

[Steve83]

Does the truck have an aftermarket brake booster? The one I work on does, and the pushrod wasn't adjusted properly by the installer, so I had to reset it to bring the brake pedal down where it belongs.

 

[Bronco DLight]

yes to the booster

Does the truck have an aftermarket brake booster? The one I work on does, and the pushrod wasn't adjusted properly by the installer, so I had to reset it to bring the brake pedal down where it belongs.

it has the front disc conversion and I believe what's called the hydroboost. It's a massive gold apparatus above the steering in the engine bay. Does that mean that the rod should be adjustable?

 

[toddz69]

If it's massive and gold, that's probably a vacuum booster and there should be some adjustability in the pushrod on it. A hydroboost will only have a small cylinder (just over 1" in diameter and about 4-5" long) on it that might be gold.

Todd

 

[Steve83]

This is a common vacuum brake booster with a fugly gold master cylinder:


This is HydroBoost:
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[Bronco DLight]

neither

This is a common vacuum brake booster with a fugly gold master cylinder:


This is HydroBoost:
.

mine looks like neither, but is closer to the first with the big gold thing. I guess it is pretty much like the first nut the large round black thing on your picture close to the firewall is gold on mine as well. I can send a pic from my phone if you have somewhere and would be willing to help me id it.

 

[Bronco DLight]

neither

This is a common vacuum brake booster with a fugly gold master cylinder:


This is HydroBoost:
.

mine looks like neither, but is closer to the first with the big gold thing. I guess it is pretty much like the first nut the large round black thing on your picture close to the firewall is gold on mine as well. I can send a pic from my phone if you have somewhere and would be willing to help me id it.