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I know this is a stupid question, but I have bought what I thought was the right one before and found out I was wrong. So, I'm asking the question first.
Above the pedals under the dash there is a black plastic cover is held in with 3 push inserts. They Look like this:
Does anyone know the part number, or the equivalent Doorman number?
At some point while changing my brake pads, I think my shoe caught on the cover and pulled the back one out. The cover then was wedged holding the brake pedal from coming back up. Is this a common thing? I have never had a brake pedal not return and it freaked me out as I couldn't see the panel was wedged in there from the sitting position. I don't want this panel to be loose in the future. I would imagine many people just leave it off. I have never seen a car that had a cover that far back.
I find the sets always have something close to what I need, but not exactly what I need. I know I don't want it to come loose again. I'm tempted to zip tie the back hole to ensure it won't fall. Even if I hit it again with my foot.
Part 37 in this diagram is GM 10410052. Search on eBay Clips and Fasteners in California usually has something spot on in a 10 pack, etc. All this in case you want to do a bit better than Harbor Freight for your C6.
@Phyter thanks!
This is the set I found at parts stores. It has the one I need in it. $50 at the parts stores seems crazy https://a.co/d/9RebdO4
is there any way to figure out if the one in this set is truly the one I need? It’s $15 for the GM part after shipping. $30 for the set seems like the better option.
Agree....keep a fastener assortment set in your shop.
$18 for the 240 pc HF set is a little steep. 9 bucks on amazon for a 500 pc assortment with 30 different clip styles. Who ever pays full price at Harbor Freight? The Amazon set does sound pretty good.
But I like HF for a number of reasons.
1. They offer discounts of 10-20% for their members (amazon has a member fee also)
2. They test their tools, unlike amazon (which I have sent back because of Chinese crap)
3. Returns are zero hassle, though my return experience has been my fault of wrong size and such.
4. They are open until 5pm on Sundays
5. Helpful people/employees. (I can never find anyone in a Lowes/Home depot not on the phone or could care)
All that said, I am not a professional mechanic. But I have rebuilt truck and aircraft engines. I did give up trying to rebuild a tranny. 🙄 I consider a professional someone who works 40+ hours a week or retired from same.
I have a few professional friends who do not prefer HF. The common theme seems to be “not lasting a repeated 40 hours work week”. Though these same friends love the HF tool cabinets. ?!
All totaled, I like HF. An American company, employs 28,000 people, 1,500 locations, survived since 1977. That is 45+ years. Someone must like their stuff.
Well it looks like I gave bad advice: GM 10410052 isn't second sourced by Clips and Fasteners or Auveco. I can't see any equivalent part on eBay, Amazon, etc. I suppose the only good news is that fastner isn't the most complicated one, just a Christmas tree with a flat cap, and generics should do the trick.
All totaled, I like HF. An American company, employs 28,000 people, 1,500 locations, survived since 1977. That is 45+ years. Someone must like their stuff.
HF certainly has its place....I have a lot of stuff from there. But a hard sell to brag about HF being an American company with about 96% of their inventory coming from China.
I make about 300 orders per year from Amazon, even my toilet paper.....an American company with 1.5 million employees. And a company whose stock is in several of my retirement portfolio funds. If you would have bought $10k in Amazon stock at its 1997 IPO, you would have $30 million now....oh well!
Help - Plastic push insert panel holder
