[tjswarbrick]

I put in the AKG delrin bushings yesterday.
I was planning to follow the ChiTown M instructions, and do a nice new DIY write-up for the 1addicts community. But then, I got in too deep and gave up on the instructions.

A couple of the panel screws are T20 Torx - not all are philips.
And that review makes no mention whatsoever of the main spring and it's split sliding shaft.
And that thing was a nightmare.

If it was in position for the pedal shaft to line up and slide nicely, the spring needed to be compressed. It was too strong for 4" zip ties, and there was not enough clearance to use 8-inchers to compress it and get over the outer portion of the shaft.

If it was forward enough to assemble without compressing the spring, the inner shaft would get stuck on the outer lip of the other one, and not slide inside.

I wound up sliding off the c-clip, and pulling the pin.

Lovely Assistant, my daughter, started dancing while holding the clip. Dropped it. Good 20 minute delay.

Then as I was pressing the pin in, it flew off and landed on top of the dead pedal. I went to grab it, and it fell down behind the carpet! (and insulation.)

I found a DIY for removing the M-Sport dead pedal. I don't know if mine's too old and brittle or what, but using a panel-remover tool I managed to snap all 4 of the sprues/pins that hold it in. So need a new one.

Finally pulled the carpet forward and got the pin. Pressing it in, broke a chunk of one side of the doggone plastic pedal arm!

Then, I love how the bushings are thicker than stock to minimize slop. But, at least with the limited clearance, visibility, leverage, and skill of this installer - I couldn't get the locking clip back into the groove.

So, it's currently held in place by the return spring and master cylinder pin.

The wife was freaking out on me, and I had to get it back together. I should thin down/sand the outer flange to get the pin on, but I drove it last night just to make sure it's feasible. Actually feels great! No more slop, and no more squeak. Much easier to modulate.

I did lube everything up with a thin film of anti-seize.

But 6 hours, numerous cuts and gashes, sore back, arms, legs, and ribs. Broken pedal and broken dead-pedal, I think that was the most expensive $20 I ever spent.

Now to check RealOem and see if I should get a new plastic clutch pedal or go for the UCP.

Arghh.

(Didn't get down to lube the clutch slave cylinder or replace the tranny oil. Perhaps in a couple weeks at oil-change time.)

But I think I'm going to have a pro do the suspension install...