On one of the 69 restorations (this one's a "rolling restoration"), I pulled the clutch (and brake) pedal to replace the plastic bushings and to relubricate everything.

The hole in the clutch pedal for the upper push-rod is usually hogged out, and this one's no diff. I like a crisp clutch pedal...not a sloppy chain of events. You 4-speeders know what I'm talking about.

I hate to order up a new pedal set to fix this one little problem.

What would be the wisdom against drilling a correct sized hole (1/4 inch +/-) a half inch below the original hole. This would provide less leverage, but more "action". There should be ample room in the firewall opening to lower the rod a bit.

Also,..it seems someone would have designed a kit to fix this...say if you drilled out the original hole 3/8 of an inch, then press in a hardened sleeve.

Any ideas here? Thanks in advance.

Sleepy I am no expert but, why not weld up the originaa hole and re-drill it? You could even weld in a a piece of round stock of some sort. I would bevel the hole on both sides and then weld it up. Just an idea.

Royce