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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804   
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Was bimbling down one of our long, straight roads yesterday and glanced down into the pedal box. Clearly we know that our pedals are offset by quite an amount, indeed problematically so, but I thought that to straighten the alignment with the driver position would only require a movement left of perhaps 2-3cms. Whilst I understand that changing the position of the pedal fixing points, servo and engine bay access would be nigh on impossible, has anyone ever extended/adapted (or seen a modification) where the pedals themselves are curved left or alternatively the pads are extended left, much like the photo below? I ask as I have a couple of cheeky chronic injuries on my right leg and into my lower back, which my physio says is hard to rectify in part because of the Def. Straightening the pedal to driver alignment (and he's also said going automatic) would make a huge difference as it would take the twisting out of my lower back/pelvis/right leg that is exacerbating the injury. I don't want to sell the DC, obvs.
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4th Mar 2021 8:38am |
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| stew 46 Member Since: 26 Jan 2012 Location: Wadebridge ,cornwall . Posts: 561  
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I did get some fancy machined pedal covers you drill to fix them to your existing pedals , I’m sure they could be off set by 15-20 MM , I’ve not fitted them yet ( being a short ass I was thinking it would raise the pedal 10 MM ish
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4th Mar 2021 11:58am |
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 730  
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There seem to be plenty of adaptation options for motility cars in UK.
Have a look at something like this: https://caradaptations.co.uk/adaptations/d...daptations May be a solution to your problem. |
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4th Mar 2021 12:55pm |
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| Dinnu Member Since: 24 Dec 2019 Location: Lija Posts: 3414  
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When I had a bit more free time, I built myself a Locust (based on a Hynes book written by Ron Champion - https://www.buildyourownracecar.com/build-...race-it/).
I had to relocate the pedal relative to the brake and clutch master cylinders. I do not see why it is not possible on a Defender. On the older Defenders, the clutch pedal could be a bit more difficult to do du to the U profile of the pedal lever. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing 2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black |
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4th Mar 2021 2:12pm |
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| Martyn668 Member Since: 17 Mar 2013 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 135 
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I seem to recall an episode of Wheeler Dealers where he just put the pedal (from an Italian car IIRC) in a vice, and wellied it with a big hammer until he got the angle he wanted, and then reinstalled it.
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4th Mar 2021 6:18pm |
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