black_yukon
02-13-2003, 06:40 AM
Just finished installing the Empire billet pedals on my truck. Wasn't too bad, only took about 1/2 hour to get it set up.
I'll tell you guys the good first. The pedals are high quality and well designed. the e-brake and brake pedals are overlays that screw on. The gas pedal is a complete replacement. The e-brake and brake pedals are radiused to match the radius on the stock pedals.
One problem I had was with the template they sent me. It wasn't drawn to scale. For example, the template said to drill holes for the brake pedal at 4" on center, but the actual template had the holes at about 4 1/4" on center. I ended up not using the template and just doing the measurements myself.
The other problem I had was getting the stock gas pedal off. It's held on a spindle with a friction washer that needs to be re-used and there is no room to get a screw driver in there to get it off. I ended up just breaking it off the stock pedal since it was plastic.
Here was the final problem. Once the billet pedal was completely installed on the spindle, there was not enough room to on the end of the spindle for the friction washer. My solution was to put the friction washer on after the first bracket of the pedal was slid onto the spindle. It worked out fine that way. I hope this makes sense.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pe7fb9b03cb483b2c6df559fedfa159e8/fca55a3d.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pf7153e535a62a41daf534b440b358875/fca55a3f.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p0c22ce180e4a0e95d6290e1291a698a8/fca55a41.jpg
I'll tell you guys the good first. The pedals are high quality and well designed. the e-brake and brake pedals are overlays that screw on. The gas pedal is a complete replacement. The e-brake and brake pedals are radiused to match the radius on the stock pedals.
One problem I had was with the template they sent me. It wasn't drawn to scale. For example, the template said to drill holes for the brake pedal at 4" on center, but the actual template had the holes at about 4 1/4" on center. I ended up not using the template and just doing the measurements myself.
The other problem I had was getting the stock gas pedal off. It's held on a spindle with a friction washer that needs to be re-used and there is no room to get a screw driver in there to get it off. I ended up just breaking it off the stock pedal since it was plastic.
Here was the final problem. Once the billet pedal was completely installed on the spindle, there was not enough room to on the end of the spindle for the friction washer. My solution was to put the friction washer on after the first bracket of the pedal was slid onto the spindle. It worked out fine that way. I hope this makes sense.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pe7fb9b03cb483b2c6df559fedfa159e8/fca55a3d.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pf7153e535a62a41daf534b440b358875/fca55a3f.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p0c22ce180e4a0e95d6290e1291a698a8/fca55a41.jpg