Pedal - With Manual Transaxle Removal; Installation - Chrysler PT Cruiser Service & Repair Manual

5 - 44 BRAKES - BASE
PEDAL - WITH MANUAL
TRANSAXLE
REMOVAL
NOTE: Before proceeding, (Refer to 5 - BRAKES -
WARNING).
(1) Unclip the air cleaner cover (two clips) and
move the cover aside.
(2) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable from its post on the battery.
(3) Remove the silencer pad below the knee
blocker.
(4) Fold down and remove the knee blocker.
(5) Remove the brake lamp switch by rotating the
switch in a counterclockwise direction approximately
30 degrees (Fig. 79).
Fig. 79 Brake Lamp Switch
1 - BRAKE LAMP SWITCH
2 - STEERING COLUMN COUPLER
3 - BRAKE PEDAL
(6) Pull the switch rearward and remove it from
its mounting bracket. Discard the brake lamp switch.
(7) Remove the clip securing the power brake
booster input rod to the brake pedal (Fig. 80).
Remove the input rod from the brake pedal.
(8) Remove the pivot shaft nut (Fig. 81).
(9) Start to remove the pivot shaft out the left side
of the bracket (Fig. 81). Pull the shaft to the left
until the brake pedal can be removed, stopping short
of removing the shaft from the clutch pedal.
(10) Slide the brake pedal out of its bracket and
remove it from the vehicle.
(11) The bushings can be removed from the pedal
by sliding them out each side (Fig. 81).
Fig. 80 Booster Push Rod Clip
1 - CLIP
2 - BOOSTER MOUNTING NUTS
3 - BOOSTER MOUNTING NUTS
Fig. 81 Brake Pedal Mounting (Typical)
1 - BUSHINGS
2 - BRAKE PEDAL
3 - BRAKE LAMP SWITCH
4 - PIVOT SHAFT

INSTALLATION

(1) Lubricate the brake pedal bushings with
Mopar Lubriplate or an equivalent.
(2) If removed, slide a bushing in each side of the
pedal pivot until the bushing shoulder contacts the
pedal pivot.
(3) Install the brake pedal and bushings into the
pedal mounting bracket by sliding the pedal between
the sides of the bracket behind the brake lamp
switch mounting flange (Fig. 81).
(4) Once the pedal bushings line up with the
mounting holes in the bracket, install the pivot shaft
through the pedal from the left side (Fig. 81).
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