What did you do to your kombi today ?

[Oldman]

Replaced the clutch cable, clevis pin.......
Was heading for a dip yesterday and the clutch pedal hit the floor after an almighty "BANG".....
Certainly didn't feel like a broken cable......had that before & there always seems to be a bit of give as the remaining strands stretch before breaking .....
Fortunately I was only a few hundred m from my destination and parked up ok.
Belly pan off.... and sure enough the clevis pin had sheared, leaving the cable disconnected from the pedal bracket.
....here's the offending member :

   

There were no fragments of the stud in the pan & I guess the stud remanent fell out the hole.
A rummage in my on-board bits'n' pieces & I found an old, partially worn clevis pin.
After waiting for the engine to cool down, I backed off the clutch cable wingnut, enough to relocate the cable fork onto the pedal bracket.
Old clevis pin in, clutch cable re-adjusted and it's back home we go........
A few 'phone calls later and Kai ( at Just Kampers) puts a replacement in the mail for me....thanks buddy !!
Seems these are few and far between at the moment......Tooleys is out completely & JK only had one.

Once home and another rummage through my bolts'n'bits tin & set this up:

   

The bull bar bracket made access for the nyloc a bit testing....but it's all back together and working as it should.
use of a hot melt glue gun helped retain the nut in a ring spanner and nipped the Allen key up nicely....no binding, free to move/rotate as the pedal is depressed.
I reckon most folks would not carry a spare clevis pin.......clutch cable sure...... but when was the last time you actually looked at the pin itself ?
With Bus Stop in SA this year and a long haul for most of us, I'd recommend checking your's out before you hit the road......AND grab a spare !
You may not need it but maybe someone else could......

I reckon a good mod. would be to drill out the pedal bracket and press a roller bearing in that would accept the clevis pin itself.....it'd never wear out !!