John Deere Lawn Tractor Pedal

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I recently purchased an old John Deere 111 lawn tractor that lacked both its pedal covers, so I decided to print new ones to replace them. These replacements are working great so far! They're not identical to the originals, but they get the job done. The opening is 9.5x26x125 mm. The pedals on my tractor measured slightly smaller than this size, and these should fit any model with similar sized pedals - I believe every model from that era had this design. They don't fit perfectly tight on mine, but my lawn tractor and 3D printer are not in the same location so dialing in tolerances was tricky. I managed to get close enough and called it good. I printed mine out of PETG, but I see no reason why PLA or other materials wouldn't work just fine. I used fairly high wall line counts and infill since they're designed to be stepped on. It's not a large part so even 100% infill wouldn't be that much plastic. With the PETG I had trouble with the bridge across the gap at the open end. I added a small custom support just to the very end and it worked out nicely. In PLA, I might not have encountered the same problem.