I think mine are original to the car but I did not own it the first 7 years so have no idea how it was treated. I have the clutch cable out and wanted to see if there was a way to tell if the bushings needed to be replaced without removing the pedal assembly as it is a bitch in my car with all of the alarm and stereo wiring. I tried moving the pedal side to side to see how much play the shaft has in it but it seems minimal to me, maybe 1/16+ inch. Thoughts?