Unsticking pedal adjustment
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Any tips for unsticking the clutch and brake pedal adjustment?
My pedals have always sat a bit too close and (having tried and failed a few years ago to adjust them) I have tried again today.
I can loosen the nuts without any issue, but despite making a little tool to fit over the pedal to let me apply torque with a big ratchet and giving the thread a good soaking of WD40 they don’t feel like they want to budge. I’m worried about breaking one of the welds if I try too hard, and I don’t really want to be taking the pedal box out (I understand that is a bit of a pain!)
I’ll keep adding WD40 and will try again tomorrow.
Any other suggestions please? I don’t think I want to try a blow torch in the footwell...
My pedals have always sat a bit too close and (having tried and failed a few years ago to adjust them) I have tried again today.
I can loosen the nuts without any issue, but despite making a little tool to fit over the pedal to let me apply torque with a big ratchet and giving the thread a good soaking of WD40 they don’t feel like they want to budge. I’m worried about breaking one of the welds if I try too hard, and I don’t really want to be taking the pedal box out (I understand that is a bit of a pain!)
I’ll keep adding WD40 and will try again tomorrow.
Any other suggestions please? I don’t think I want to try a blow torch in the footwell...
Old school PLUS-GAS! That's what you need. WD40 is ok for run-of-the-mill stuff but Plus-Gas is designed specifically as a penetrating release agent.
What I did was to wrap some cotton-wool round the job, soak it in P'Gas (and I DO mean soak) then wrap it in clingfilm.
Leave it for a few days to give it time to work properly and then give it a try.
It's a sod of a job.
Cheers.
Al.
What I did was to wrap some cotton-wool round the job, soak it in P'Gas (and I DO mean soak) then wrap it in clingfilm.
Leave it for a few days to give it time to work properly and then give it a try.
It's a sod of a job.
Cheers.
Al.
If you have some ATF and Acetone put a 50/50 mix in a hand pump atomiser bottle.
Shake well everytime you use it because they won't stay mixed for long and spray on the rusted part only, don't get it anywhere else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizUtGgX9HE
BTW there is more that one WD40 product. "not a lot of peaple know that"
https://www.wd40.com/products/
HTH
Shake well everytime you use it because they won't stay mixed for long and spray on the rusted part only, don't get it anywhere else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizUtGgX9HE
BTW there is more that one WD40 product. "not a lot of peaple know that"
https://www.wd40.com/products/
HTH
737 FLF said:
Old school PLUS-GAS! That's what you need. WD40 is ok for run-of-the-mill stuff but Plus-Gas is designed specifically as a penetrating release agent.
What I did was to wrap some cotton-wool round the job, soak it in P'Gas (and I DO mean soak) then wrap it in clingfilm.
Leave it for a few days to give it time to work properly and then give it a try.
It's a sod of a job.
Cheers.
Al.
Al, thank you - I did this and actually ended up leaving the car until now for various reasons (so the pedals had two months of Plus Gas!) but I had another go at the pedals today and managed to wind them in What I did was to wrap some cotton-wool round the job, soak it in P'Gas (and I DO mean soak) then wrap it in clingfilm.
Leave it for a few days to give it time to work properly and then give it a try.
It's a sod of a job.
Cheers.
Al.
I made a little ‘bath’ for the bottom of each pedal out of an old vitamin pill plastic bottle, packed each with cotton wool, taped them in place then could soak with Plus Gas as you suggested. It still took a fair bit of effort to get them moving but not enough this time that I was worried about breaking the pedals!
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