Well I wasted a half a day TRYING to install the new PN 9672 extended brake pedal. Long story short the pedal will not slide all the way on the shaft. Before anyone ask it is not because I don't have it positioned correctly to slide on. I did have to loosen the crash bar bolts to get enough forward movement to clear the lower though.
This is the problem! The pedal slides on the shaft fine until it gets about a half inch from seating, then it gets noticeably tighter. Yes, I greased the bushings and the shaft with a little good grease before sliding it on. Also, the two prongs on the lever are not hitting anything that stops it from going on. The shaft was in good shape with no rust and actually still had a little grease on it.
The diameter of the shaft runs from .749-.751 according to my dial micrometer. However, one of the bushings, the one to the outside, measures .740. The inside one, the one that slides on first, is .750. That would account for it being tight the last half inch or so.
I decided to go ahead and tighten it up with the end nut and see if it would loosen up. Long story short, it pulled up and I like not to ever got it back off, and the brake light stayed on. It would not release enough to "pull back" and turn the brake light off.
So I called Amazon and got a return label but they can't get me another one until Wednesday...even with prime. Too late in the day and it wouldn't ship until tomorrow...then 2 days makes it Wednesday afternoon around 3-4 PM for me. I am going to see if I can find one locally, but I doubt it.
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. BTW, the old original slides on with no problem. But I don't want to put it back together until I get a new one.
So, has anybody else had this problem? BTW, I forgot to mention the box it came in looked like it had been opened and the pedal wan't secured to the bottom of the box. I bet this was a returned item. I am going to write "DEFECTIVE>>DO NOT RESTOCK" all over the box. Hopefully nobody will have it sent to them.