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pgold
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APR 11, 10:27 PM
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Ok so this is the second Fiero that i got that has a broken gas pedal!
As you know everything made of plastic on these cars break. They split right at the the connecting point. I thought about fabricating one out of aluminum or steel that won't break but i really don't want to go through extremes to fix it. Does anyone know where to get a new pedal? I tried the fiero store with no luck. Are there any aftermarket ones made of metal out there? My friend with a Fiero also has the same problem. we went to a wrecking yard this week to get one out of the only car in vegas and the damn pedal was broke in that one to.
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theogre
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APR 12, 12:09 AM
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Pedal part is common to many GM cars, even trucks.
For new, Try http://www.dormanproducts.com/ then order thru many parts store.------------------
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)
The Ogre's Fiero Cave (It's also at the top and bottom of every forum page...)
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Fierobsessed
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APR 12, 01:10 AM
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If you ever need Fiero parts in Las Vegas..
Go to this address on a weekday in the late afternoon, there is usually someone there around that time.
5340 E Alto St.
Las Vegas Nv, 89156
There is dozens of Fiero's there, and parts are almost always available for sale.
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sardonyx247
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APR 12, 05:24 AM
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pgold
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APR 12, 08:40 AM
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Thanks for the info. I will go check out the fiero yard. I have never been there but i probably be like a kid in a candy store once I'm there.
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rogergarrison
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APR 12, 07:29 PM
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It should be pretty easy to fabricate a metal one. Id have to look at one to see whats needed. Off the top of my head without any idea how one looks, a piece of heavy aluminum plate and a hinge should be almost there. I had one car, dont even remember what it was that didnt have a pedal at all. It had like 3/8" metal bar bent to shape and pivoted in a bracket. The part that your foot rested on was just a roller about an inch in diameter and a few inches wide, and it was mounted to the end of that bar. Throttle cable/linkage was on the other end of it. Might have been my Mercedes SL.
Look online at places like Summit or Jegs, or even a race car specialty shop.[This message has been edited by rogergarrison (edited 04-12-2014).]
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pgold
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APR 12, 08:23 PM
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Im really thinking about doing a nice hand fabricated billet aluminum one . I can copy the design of the original part but give it a nice billet race look. Maybe even have it router cut by machine. I may even have them cut out parts to do maybe 10 pedals or so since i have 2 fieros and some friends that may want them as well. [This message has been edited by pgold (edited 04-12-2014).]
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84fiero123
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APR 13, 12:21 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by pgold:
Im really thinking about doing a nice hand fabricated billet aluminum one . I can copy the design of the original part but give it a nice billet race look. Maybe even have it router cut by machine. I may even have them cut out parts to do maybe 10 pedals or so since i have 2 fieros and some friends that may want them as well.
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You can always make one that looks like a foot, toes and all, they sell those online for those ricer guys but I am sure they will work on a Fiero. I can cut one in any shape you want with my plasma cutter, out of any type of electrically conductible metal. hell I wouldn't even charge you but for material and postage. it wouldn't take me 2 mins to cut it.
but back to the plastic ones braking, I have only ever had one brake, gas pedal, you do know the entire Fiero body is plastic and those last decades. plastic, depending on the type can be almost as strong as steel, think about the tiles on the space shuttle. you may have had someone get a water bottle stuck under the pedal and just kept pushing until they broke it, you know those steel water bottles. but as a rule they last almost forever unless broken by someone out of shear brute force. and yes who ever said they are all just about the same through the entire GM line was right, when you go to the bone yard ask them what will work, they have a substitution book, well list on their computers now that will give you every pedal that will fit the Fiero without any modification.
Actually I have a spare one in my parts car 84 out back if you just want a factory one. but for that you will have to wait for the snow to melt, there is still 2' of snow out there surrounding that car.
Not to mention, Auto zone sells them. And I'm sure every other parts store sells universal replacements,.
http://www.autozone.com/aut...s-Universal/_/N-259d
Steve
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Technology is great when it works,
and one big pain in the ass when it doesn't
Detroit iron rules all the rest are just toys.[This message has been edited by 84fiero123 (edited 04-13-2014).]
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sardonyx247
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APR 14, 07:07 AM
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Out of the over 160 Fieros we have gone through and the over 150 members we have/had in town I have yet to ever see a broken gas pedal.
How are you breaking gas pedals?
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rogergarrison
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APR 14, 07:11 AM
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I ave one of those 'feet' in chrome setting on a shelf. It mounts on an existing pedal though, no hinge or bracket. Free except shipping.
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