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aquifer
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 Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 5:49 pm Post subject: Clutch pedal stopper |
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Does anyone know if the little rubber pad at the end of the clutch pedal stopper is available for sale anywhere? I haven’t been able to find it. I’m going to sandblast and paint this one, and I’d like to replace the rubber if I can find something.
Has anyone used something else that works for the rubber piece? Thanks!
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OldSchoolVW's 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: Clutch pedal stopper |
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Same question has been asked as far back as 2008. No longer made. You might be able to find some rubber molding with the same profile at a hardware store and cut it to the length you need.
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: Clutch pedal stopper |
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| My bugs have no such device. never had it either. |
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OldSchoolVW's
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: Clutch pedal stopper |
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I decided to put a clutch pedal extender kit on my '69 and while the pedal cluster is out and disassembled I'm sprucing it up. It has what the OP referred to as a "clutch pedal stopper". VWoA diagrams refer to this as a "clutch pedal rubber stop". It looks like this modification started in '66. Some looked to be welded onto the upper part of the clutch pedal arm, others were bolt-ons as shown in this photo. Mine is the bolt-on type. Why would VW have decided it was necessary to add this part? If depressing the clutch pedal all the way to the firewall would have caused excessive movement of the clutch, wouldn't it have been easier to just increase the free travel in the pedal slightly to compensate? I don't think VW was in the habit of coming up with solutions in search of a problem. The bolt-on type looks like a afterthought ... something they threw on as a temporary fix ... but a fix for what? Thanks for the insights.
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my3bugs
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Clutch pedal stopper |
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| my 70 bug has one of these . when i went thru the brakes i used a short piece of fender beading trimmed to fit here . |
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aquifer
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2025 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: Clutch pedal stopper |
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I decided to put a clutch pedal extender kit on my '69 and while the pedal cluster is out and disassembled I'm sprucing it up. It has what the OP referred to as a "clutch pedal stopper". VWoA diagrams refer to this as a "clutch pedal rubber stop". It looks like this modification started in '66. Some looked to be welded onto the upper part of the clutch pedal arm, others were bolt-ons as shown in this photo. Mine is the bolt-on type. Why would VW have decided it was necessary to add this part? If depressing the clutch pedal all the way to the firewall would have caused excessive movement of the clutch, wouldn't it have been easier to just increase the free travel in the pedal slightly to compensate? I don't think VW was in the habit of coming up with solutions in search of a problem. The bolt-on type looks like a afterthought ... something they threw on as a temporary fix ... but a fix for what? Thanks for the insights.
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OP here, and I see that I didn't follow up on this to report what I ended up doing. To answer your question as to why VW did this, I think they wanted to see how long it would take for the little stopper to wear a hole in the firewall carpet! Only thing I can think of. Haha
Here's what I did: I sandblasted and painted it as I said in the OP, and I found a T shaped piece of rubber trim like you suggested and shaved it into a shape that clamped pretty well, and it seems like it's going to work ok. I didn't take a picture of the finished product, but it's functional and should wear a hole in the carpet in no time. 
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