Need Bullitt Pedal install help

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spederman

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What a pain in the arse these are to put on. If i owned a sledge hammer I would have beaten my car to hell with it last nite. Supposedly these are a 30 min install, whatever! I woked on it from 6-9pm and nothing. The dead pedal and gas pedal were on within 10 minutes. The stupid brake and clutch are a horrible design. WTF was ford racing thinking with this. I read every previous post on here about this subject and tried dish soap, WD40, heating up the rubber, and i cant get the fuggers to slip on. Does anybody have any other ideas. Do you think I should just take it to a ford body shop and see if they can do it if they have a special trim tool or something?

 

03redfiregt

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It is a bitch man thats for sure. Took me like three hours to do mine. BUt i dont have any other ideas for you . I just heated them up with a hair dryer. ANd they still sucked but i got them on.

 

blumi00GT

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Read the second-last review: Stangnet Reviews - It worked like a charm for me, after trying for several hours, too.

 

squares98

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i had mine installed by a shop and i took off the clutch pedal cover(very easily might I add) to try and fix those little nubs, boy was that a bad idea ive been fiddling with it for aweek and havent got it back on, then again I usually only try for like 5 minutes and give up after it is halfway on.

 

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LOL! Hang in there dude.

I just used warm soapy water on the rubber pieces and slipped the bottom edge on the pedal, then ran a screw driver under the lip of the rubber pieces and they just slipped into place.

From all the threads I've read on this subject, seems like a PI head swap is easier to do.......

 

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thanks for that link blumi, i'll try that tonite, hopefully it works.

 

Chili

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I could imagine how difficult it must be with the pedal location. I did the gas pedal spacer on mine and what a pain in the as it is trying to lay on your back, feet hanging out, trying to get your hands up to the cable!

 

BlackenedSVT

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flipnsac said:

LOL! Hang in there dude.

I just used warm soapy water on the rubber pieces and slipped the bottom edge on the pedal, then ran a screw driver under the lip of the rubber pieces and they just slipped into place.

From all the threads I've read on this subject, seems like a PI head swap is easier to do.......

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It took me almost an hour to do this "30" min install. I feel really bad for you 3hour guys .

For the clutch and brake pedal do this:
- Forget about hte warm soapy water. You want blazing hot soapy water. That will loosen up the rubber real nice and make it nice and flexible, just dont burn yourself.
- You can also try cutting one corner to help you fit them on easier. Just make a diagnal cut in one of the corners. You dont have to do this but it might help.
- Just get one corner/side on at a time and use a small screwdriver (try not to stab yourself) to pry at it and put it on all around. When you got most of it on, you need to step/MASH on the pedal with your foot in rotating motions to make sure it goes on all around evenly.

That should do it. IF it doesn't, try to just glue it to the other pedal no jk dont do that...

 

hotdog71

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also so try no don't stab the screwdriver through the rubber if you use that method.

 

abouttobeglue

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my brake pedal never went on right, i cut the rubber trim and squirted a ****load of super glue on the pedal and back of the bullit pedal then left it clamped overnight with vice grips, been like that for a year and hasnt came off

 

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Got them on last nite. Blumi00GT is the man for his link to the boiling tip. For anybody that hasnt done this, this is the way to do it. I got some water hot on the stove to the point of boiling but not quite, dropped a pedal in there for 2 minutes with dish soap in it. Pulled it out wearing some gloves and the rubber gets soooo flexible that the pedals slipped on within 1 minute. very easy this way. thanks dude.