my right foot keeps hitting something when switching from gas to brake and i know what it is- how to fix?

[silverflash]

of all the vehicles i have driven in all my years- i am in my low 50s- i have never experienced this until the ranger. LOL. I am going to trim it back some after next weekend. i suppose a hacksaw is best?

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[Gsxrdoug]

hacksaw or dremel or cutoff wheel

 

[Sariandan]

I hit this enough to be annoying, but not enough to put in the effort. We'll see if I feel the same later. LOL

 

[navsnipe]

hacksaw or dremel or cutoff wheel

Tin snips do a much cleaner job and no plastic saw dust.

 

[Woodn88s]

i've noticed on more than one occasion, when transitioning from gas to brake pedal, my big foot hangs up on something. i finally looked under there and the only thing that can remotely cause this is a heater vent that's right there. it moves some when wiggled. so it probably jsut snaps off. what's the harm in removing this vent? it looks like heat would then not be directed down but rather towards the firewall- though i may be wrong. thoughts? i rarely use foot heat or cooling but sometimes i do the dual vent thing- dash and floor..... maybe take it off and cut an inch off???? it seems to be removable and is plastic.

You have chewing gum stuck on your shoe

 

[OstAgain]

couple more snappers.

Thanks for the pictures. I have a size 12 foot, hit it constantly. Very annoying & potentially quite dangerous. Never stuck my head down there to see what it was though. Now that I know its this, and not the panel below the steering wheel like I thought it was - its cutting time!

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

pops right off , the sensor is a 1/4 turn and out, or something like that, the plastic tee pops out and it pulls off the upper part. pull down the big fuse door under the steering wheel for better access.

then hack off several inches. best "mod" I made

Bob, you need to sharpen the blade on that chainsaw. ?

 

[JalanX]

I have size 11 shoe but I have big ol work boots that always rub the vent. This took me 5 min to do. Easy modification.

 

[HowIconic!]

I had the same issue. But it led to several incidents where I couldn’t push the brake pedal down. I got caught on the air duct. I bent it at the split so it is now up and out of the way and put some black duct tape at the split to hold it up out of the way.

 

[Grumpaw]

If ya'all wouldn't hit the brake, there wouldn't be a problem !!!

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