When do you need to replace brake and clutch pedals?
This article is meant to serve as a step by step guide to removing your brake and/or clutch pedals. Specifically for the purpose of replacing and greasing the plastic bushings on the pedal pin. It may become necessary to replace the bushings as your truck ages and the plastic bushings become deformed and allow side to side movement of the pedals.
How to replace the brake bushing on a car?
Step 1. Remove the knee bolster. All you have to to is remove the small philips head screws along the bottom and them it should pop off. Just be gentle so as not to break anything. Then you will see something like this.
How many bushings do you need for a new clutch?
I’m not a huge guy (5’9″ and 190 lbs), but not tiny either and I was fine. As far as parts, you will need at a minimum, 6 new pedal bushings. The dealer may tell you 4 because the diagram is slightly misleading, but you will need 6.
Do you need to unplug the brake light switch?
Unplug the brake light switch. This is a good idea, because if you don’t, your brake lights will be on until you get things back together. This is one instance where the FSM is a little misleading. It tells you you have to remove the brake light switch, however, you’re not supposed to re install a brake light switch.
This article is meant to serve as a step by step guide to removing your brake and/or clutch pedals. Specifically for the purpose of replacing and greasing the plastic bushings on the pedal pin. It may become necessary to replace the bushings as your truck ages and the plastic bushings become deformed and allow side to side movement of the pedals.
Step 1. Remove the knee bolster. All you have to to is remove the small philips head screws along the bottom and them it should pop off. Just be gentle so as not to break anything. Then you will see something like this.
I’m not a huge guy (5’9″ and 190 lbs), but not tiny either and I was fine. As far as parts, you will need at a minimum, 6 new pedal bushings. The dealer may tell you 4 because the diagram is slightly misleading, but you will need 6.
Unplug the brake light switch. This is a good idea, because if you don’t, your brake lights will be on until you get things back together. This is one instance where the FSM is a little misleading. It tells you you have to remove the brake light switch, however, you’re not supposed to re install a brake light switch.