I made my own manual brake pushrod - what do you guys think?

I converted to manual brakes a couple years ago and thought that I had bought the wrong push rod because I felt like my brake pedal sat too high.

This last year I tracked one down from a guy (can't remember his name) at a swap meet that just does Mopar brakes... He assured me that He had the correct pushrod for my application ('74 Duster).

I got home and pulled the pushrod that I had out of the car and compared the two. Yep... they were identical lengths. :mumum:

I went ahead and swapped the pushrods and made sure the new one was seated in the piston of the master cylinder correctly. Yep, the brake pedal was still just a little too high off the floor for me.

So, I finally had the time to make an adjustable pushrod of my own. I cut the head off of an ARP bolt (chromolly bolt?) and turned down a 1" thick bar of 4130 Chromolly. I drilled and tapped one end for the bolt and drilled an oversized (slightly) 9/16" hole on the other. I used a face mill to put a flat on either side. The final width is 9/16" wide.

I haven't had a chance to put it in the car yet. I wanted to run this idea past you guys before I do it. What do you guys think? Good or bad idea?