DIY: How to Stiffen a GD3 Drive-by-Wire Gas Pedal
#63
Thanks again polaski!!
BTW, can you give us more detail about fuel consumption now that you had a good year with this?
Brilliant. I will give that a try before I buy another spring.
BTW, can you give us more detail about fuel consumption now that you had a good year with this?
Brilliant. I will give that a try before I buy another spring.
Last edited by Sagittarius30; 06-28-2010 at 09:23 PM.
#65
Hey Robert, You can shorten the 6" spring to 5" with some fairly heavy duty wire cutters, a grinder, Dremel MotoTool or the corner of a file edge.... Needle nose pliers can be used to fashion a loop to put the hook through.
#66
After using the 5" one for a bit I found it too strong and went to a softer maybe longer one so the 6 may work. I guess a lot of it is up to the feel on the pedal we each have. I tend to forget until I see this thread that I made this mod.
#67
I do know that if I drive a toyota which seems to have the softest accelerators known to man I have a problem of flooring it unintentionally because I'm so used to the fit+spring. Not good with that 5.7L...
#71
Almost 18 months and I might have had my cruise on for an hour total time since... I was having cramps along my shin bone from having to constantly work those muscles to not put too much pressure on the gas pedal but that crap is history since I did the fix. Now I need to figure out how to do the Polanski A/C thermistor fix before summer rolls around again.. I have always messed up doing anything that involves wiring.
#73
man... had my '10 Sport for 4 days now and this was the first thing I HAD to do! What a difference!!
My foot was hitting the spring when mounted normally, so I had to raise it higher on the rod. I had to put two black zip-ties on there to keep the S-hook from sliding down to the pedal. Since the spring has a lot less leverage up there, I also had to shorten the spring a bit; I put the top S-hook into the spring about 1/3 of the way down... basically pre-loading the spring a bit.
Now it's perfect... spring is way out of the way, and perfect amount of push on the pedal!!!
Here are a couple shots (sorry for the size)
My foot was hitting the spring when mounted normally, so I had to raise it higher on the rod. I had to put two black zip-ties on there to keep the S-hook from sliding down to the pedal. Since the spring has a lot less leverage up there, I also had to shorten the spring a bit; I put the top S-hook into the spring about 1/3 of the way down... basically pre-loading the spring a bit.
Now it's perfect... spring is way out of the way, and perfect amount of push on the pedal!!!
Here are a couple shots (sorry for the size)
#74
I think that's why the original calls for shrink wrap tubing on the S-hook. The rubber is grippy enough to prevent it from sliding down.
#76
Thank you for posting this guys! I have had my 2010 Fit Sport for about a week and really didn't notice how soft the pedal was until I started to commute (100 mile r/t) and found it very uncomfortable on my right leg feeling fatigued all the time.
I think I will go to Lowes today and see if they have the springs mentioned here. I will buy both the 3 1/2 x 7/16 x.47 that DoubleR used and also the 4.5 x 15/32 x .41 that Stravos said he used and see which one is better for me. It almost looks easier to do this mod on the GE than the GD due to the placement of the hook under the dash
So really a big difference doing this mod huh? I hope so because I really like the Fit but the gas pedal might be a deal breaker for me due to my commute
I think I will go to Lowes today and see if they have the springs mentioned here. I will buy both the 3 1/2 x 7/16 x.47 that DoubleR used and also the 4.5 x 15/32 x .41 that Stravos said he used and see which one is better for me. It almost looks easier to do this mod on the GE than the GD due to the placement of the hook under the dash
So really a big difference doing this mod huh? I hope so because I really like the Fit but the gas pedal might be a deal breaker for me due to my commute