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Clutch pedal Bending
Has anyone else noticed that the clutch pedal is rather weak?
I popped the engine in a couple of evenings ago, hooked the clutch cable and lent into the tub to actuate the pedal. As I pushed the pedal (slightly offset load) forward it promptly bent sideways! I seem to remember another member (Dogwood??) having this problem on his car at a set of traffic lights. I plan on adding gussets to either side of the pedal of the pedal to strengthen it up. Anyone else encountered this problem?
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yep same problem, just make it out of thicker plate or add a brace to it
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Yep, me too, haven't addressed it yet!
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Glad it's not just me - perhaps some of the manufacturers on here should include extra braces as part of their kits?
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adrian h was the one that ben his pedal while trying to race another car off the lights lol. 5mm plate is a much better solution to the problem
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Same here, promptly changed to 6mm after the first drive out!
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Cheers Adrian - that's exactly what I am planning.
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Nope weren't me.
I made mine out out of 5mm as well I did change to hanging peddles as I found the Roadster ones a bit short for my plates of meat
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I think I saw Handy or spud say that Saturn also use 5mm plate for the clutch pedal. I had some 4 mm strip lying around so I tried that.
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Same happened to mine, 3mm just isn't enough so they are all cut out of 5mm now.
Cheers...AndyH
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