Clutch pedal Bending

[davidimurray]

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?

[Tilly819]

yep same problem, just make it out of thicker plate or add a brace to it

tilly

[adrianreeve]

Yep, me too, haven't addressed it yet!

[davidimurray]

Glad it's not just me - perhaps some of the manufacturers on here should include extra braces as part of their kits?

[AshG]

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 :D

[mark]

Same here, promptly changed to 6mm after the first drive out!

[davidimurray]

Cheers Adrian - that's exactly what I am planning.

[dogwood]

Nope weren't me.
I made mine out out of 5mm as well
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p212/muddypaws4x4/001.jpg

I did change to hanging peddles as I found the Roadster ones a bit short for my plates of meat

[alga]

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.

[spud69]

Same happened to mine, 3mm just isn't enough so they are all cut out of 5mm now.

Cheers...AndyH