Room at pedals
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Racer
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Room at pedals
On my 73, with an automatic, I barely have room for my foot on the gas pedal, without hitting the brake pedal. I have wondered about cutting the brake pedal, bending it over, swapping in a pedal used for a standard transmission. Anyone deal with this? Thanks for any suggestions.
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I cut my brake pedal on the right side and put on a smaller rubber pad on it. I don't know the part number for the pad but it was in the help section in the auto parts store. There has been a few threads about doing this.
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theres a thread in here from a long time ago that the guy did that and used some other pedal pad.....try the advanced search function. I have to were thin zero rise sneakers in the 4speed car to fit in there. I dont have wide feet either. I cant were sandals either because they are too wide...
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Advance auto in the HELP section, purchase part # 20771.
Cut one inch off the right side of the stock pedal and install the new pad.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...0051&langId=-1
Cut one inch off the right side of the stock pedal and install the new pad.
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...0051&langId=-1
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I ran a thread about seven years ago.
I used the rubber brake pedal pad for a 2000 C1500 Chevy pickup that I purchased from Napa Auto Parts for about $5.00
I cut approximately 1” off the right side of my 73’s brake pedal with a hacksaw following the same angle on the metal brake pad.
It took about five minutes start to finish.
I used the rubber brake pedal pad for a 2000 C1500 Chevy pickup that I purchased from Napa Auto Parts for about $5.00
I cut approximately 1” off the right side of my 73’s brake pedal with a hacksaw following the same angle on the metal brake pad.
It took about five minutes start to finish.
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