Editing Pedal Box Refurbishment (section)

===The problem with the original Lotus Pedal Arrangement===

[[Image:Pedal_box_diagram_1.jpg|Elise Pedal Box Schematic]]

In the above diagram, you can see that Lotus used two standard pivot bearings and a single thrust washer to locate the throttle pedal.  I see three issues with this:

1.Support for the right-hand face of the pedal is wholly dependent on the fit of the pivot bearing being used as a spacer

2.The pivot bearings are a running fit on the shaft, and the frictional forces involved means that the bearing will rotate with the pedal when it’s moved

3.The net bearing area where the “spacer” bush meets the scuttle bracket is tiny – these bearings are pretty thin – so the wear rate at that end of the bearing is likely to be large.


With a high wear rate, and the feel of the pedal determined by that fit, I felt that a different arrangement was called for to future proof my pedal box.  After all, I '''never''' intend to do this job again :)