Rudder pedal boots

[Grant_Waite]

All 4 of my rudder pedal boots have holes around the bottom sides and are falling apart. Has anyone replaced their’s before? How did you go about doing it? I sent Hector at Aerocomfort an email, since it says he can make new ones? Lasar has boots or use to for 51 a piece but they’re out of stock. 

 

 

 

[Slick Nick]

I need some new ones myself!

[KSMooniac]

I bought Aero Comfort boots about 10 years ago and replaced mine. That area can be a path for CO so it is a good idea to replace them.

I'm bigger than average and it was a PITA to do the work in the foot wells. You'll need a good #1 Phillips screwdriver or bit and a lot of patience.

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[Grant_Waite]

1 hour ago, KSMooniac said:

I bought Aero Comfort boots about 10 years ago and replaced mine. That area can be a path for CO so it is a good idea to replace them.

I'm bigger than average and it was a PITA to do the work in the foot wells. You'll need a good #1 Phillips screwdriver or bit and a lot of patience.

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Yeah, I’m chasing a co leak right now. Do the boots just slide around the pedals and then get a little needle or something to hold them together? It seems that sliding them overtop of the pedals would be impossible. Mine seem to have a little piece of leather tied around the pedals, to close the opening off. Also what kind of glue did you use to seal the boots to the bottom of the metal plate? 

[KSMooniac]

The replacements had a Velcro seam fortunately, so you just need to wrap them around. I don't remember using adhesive on the floor... I think there is an aluminum retainer and tiny screws, and then duct tape over the top.

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[Grant_Waite]

56 minutes ago, KSMooniac said:

The replacements had a Velcro seam fortunately, so you just need to wrap them around. I don't remember using adhesive on the floor... I think there is an aluminum retainer and tiny screws, and then duct tape over the top.

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Hector said, he has 2 types Velcro and the sewn ones. Did you find the sewn ones to do a good job at sealing the pedals up? 

[KSMooniac]

I didn't have a problem with the originals in terms of CO, but I never measured anything unless my door was open on the ground either.  My originals were half-rotted, so I replaced them while I was converting my plane from the throttle quadrant to linear controls, which require a full console- and nose-wheel-well-ectomy.  I noticed the poor condition and decided to replace with the velcro option.