Rubber pad to replace my worn out pad for the clutch pedal?

DELFREDO

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2003 VAUXHALL ASTRA
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
90,000 MILES

I recently purchased an OEM rubber pad to replace my worn out pad for the clutch pedal of my Astra 2003 model. However I'm having great difficulties trying to fix it to the pedal. The rubber pad is rather hard (unlike others such as Mazda's which can easily be slotted in). I've tried soaking it in a bowl of hot water for 5 minutes to soften it but still couldn't fully attach it to the pedal. At most, I could only fix the top half as I couldn't get the pedal to fully slot in the small and tight gap at the back of the rubber pad. Any tricks to this?

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SQM

MECHANIC
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Hello,

There is no special trick on this. First you want to make that the part matches the old one and it is the correct part number.
If the stiffness is the only issue and the part is correct and matches the old one, you can try using a heat gun on the rubber pad. You can also use a hair dryer as well.
The idea is to uniformly warm up the material just enough to make it more flexible.
Which will allow you to stretch it enough to snap it in place.

Please let me know if you are able to get this installed.

Thank you.

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