Hi everyone hope your weekend is going better than mine.

All day yesterday I installed my 2 bushings which I might add removed all sideways slop, my "Achilles Heel" is being able to get the clutch return spring into the pedal and main mount near the brake pedal assembly! I've tried small zip ties that just come flying off and snapping in half, the larger strong zip ties are too thick and prevent the two plastic pieces from sliding into the spring. Zip ties are not going work because when you compress the spring you're pinching the zip ties.

I'm assuming that there has got to be some kind of tool that can insert around the spring while I installed it at the same time. I've tried using Needle Nose Pliers that are angled to the right (click link) but only compress one side of the spring. I can get either side in but it's next to impossible to get the other end in since the spring is so darn strong.

I need suggestions badly as I've spent my entire weekend upside down in my MCS, it's all going to my head, the blood I'm mean!

Please help, suggestions needed!

 

I am trying to picture this, I know it's a tight spot but can you take a pic? Maybe a pair of channel locks to hold it all together?

 

You're going to have to have a picture of what you're referring to, I'm a stranger to tools like these types. Got to have a picture. I don't know what I'm going to do, I have no transportation! I bet Mini has a very special tool just for this job, but lets not go there.

 

#15 in that pic? You should be able to put the top part in, then pull it down to the pedal with the needle nose. If it's really tough, a pair of needle nose vise-grips are the way to go. If clearance is an issue, you might pull it into place with a thin screwdriver.

 

Can you remove the pedal, attach the spring at both ends, then reinstall the pedal? Having the pedal loose might make it a bit easier to hook the spring.

Best of luck,

Spridget

 

That's what I would try.

 

It's the other way around, you have to push up with all your might to get the spring to compress. Trust me there's no pulling, damn that spring is seriously STRONG! Even the auto stores thought I brought in a spring for an engine, it looks exactly like a large engine valve spring.

You simply cannot install the return spring before mount the actual pedal, it's physically impossible. The two plastic end mount would then pull apart and separate, then having the spring fall to the floor. That's what happened to me. I have no choice but to remove the return spring first before trying to remove the pedal from the car.

It just so happens the I struct luck this evening, check next post.

 

I finally got the return spring on after a day and a half, boy it was worth it! Zero sideways play, it moves in and out like it were on rails. Me figuring out how to install the return spring was the only hard part, getting the clutch pedal out, installing the bushings and getting it back on is very simple for the DIY. It was by total accident figuring out how to get the return spring back on both steel shafts that hold each end.

First I slid the topside mount onto steel shaft, leaving the steel C-clip off for now so I could have a little extra play. I then move to install the bottom mount (on pedal itself) onto the pedal steel pin and shaft. Here's where things got interesting, when trying to push upward with great strength it popped right in. Right then I notice the top mount almost completely slid off the (slid to right or passenger side) upper steel shaft that holds onto the plastic mount.

So when it came time to get the steel pin all the way through the pedal part I did the opposite to get it completely through, I push the upper spring mount slanted to the (left on upper shaft) other direction. If it weren't for the top mount almost sliding off the upper shaft I never would have finished and would be then that I'd give up and take it into see a Mini mechanic!

You need to be one strong dude to compress the spring far enough to get it on! No joke, my arms, back and neck are terribly sore! Having to hold your neck upright while upside down (sideways) for hours at a time is not an easy task! I hope others find this thread when they do their clutch pedal bushing because this is the best way I can write it up, I hope it's enough for the next guy to attempt replacing both clutch bushing. You'll need two of them.

Regards,
Systemlord.

 

Great tips. I think I need to buy another bushing before I attempt this.

 

You mean buy two bushings, you'll need two.

 

I bought one already, they should list them in pairs.

 

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for part #13 in this diagram. Mine is in pieces. Any help would be appreciated. Name, part number, a link to a seller, whatever.

 

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=35_0313

number 13

Master Cylinder Pin

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Sit...h/35311163874/