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The clutch is used very often while driving, and in order to be used, the heel generally pivots on the floor.
However, this can result either in some measure of friction between the shoe and pedal when dry, or annoying squeaking noises when wet.
Clutch rollerballs elimate both these problems and
allow the driver to change gears smoothly, the surface of the pedal is covered in ball bearings slightly larger than those found in ball point pens.
When the pedal is pressed, the driver's foot will glide across the bearings with ease and will no longer present an annoyance.
Racecar "roller" throttle pedal
http://www.pathfind...sis.com/pedals.html
Similar Idea, different pedal... [JoeyJoJoShabadoo, Nov 09 2005]
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Wouldn't the roller balls be less accurate? Would there be enough frictio between the balls and the floor of the car (or however they are mounted) to keep your foot from sliding wildly back and forth to the pedal? |
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Did that make sense? I can't tell. |
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Your foot would just slip off. I don't see what this does really. |
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The only time I pivot my foot is with the gas pedal. Clutch and braking I do mostly from the hip without any slip between the bottom of my foot (or sole of my shoe if I'm not driving barefoot). Isn't that how most people drive? |
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My reasoning for this was that during
driving lessons, pupils are instructed to
keep the heel of their foot on the floor
and pivot, pressing the pedal
down.
I find that when the pressure on the
pedal is released, the only way I can fit
my foot onto it is by pressing with the
middle of the sole of my foot, and when
it is pressed all the way down, my foot
will not fit far enough down to still do
this, meaning I have to press with my
toes.
I thought this might fix the problem. |
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That must be a strange driving school. |
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Perhaps you need to invent cars for people with big feet? |
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my driving instructor tried to get me to the pivot thing but I could never manage to do it - sympathies. ignore him/her and listen to bris. |
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I'd dearly love to ignore my instructor - but them I'm also hoping to be able to drive on my own at some point. |
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my clutch travel is so long, and my pedal is so low to the floor that I can't push in the clutch by pivoting my foot. I guess my car would fail the driving test then! |
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My mum failed her first driving test when she broke her clutch pedal mid-test... |
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I think the danger with this idea comes when the instructor decides to remind the student to apply proper technique on the clutch pedal. "Clutch balls!" could be embarrassingly misinterpreted. [+] |
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Speaking of which, I thought this idea would be for a way of decorating that knob on top of your shift stick with wrinkles and little hairs.
Yeah, I don't know why anyone would do that, either. |
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