[Jim Sims]

Definitely a plastic bushing from the clutch pedal shaft arm to clutch cable fork pivot joint. Wear/loss of this part and the mating parts (clutch pedal shaft arm, clutch cable fork and the pin that secures the assembly together) can affect clutch action - false free play may result. If the plastic bushing hole in the clutch pedal shaft arm has been worn out of round the replacement shafts are about $100; some are NLA. I recently rebuilt a pedal cluster and all parts in this joint required replacement (bushing, shaft, fork and pin). If you remove the driver's side foot well carpeting and floor board and the accelerator pedal one can sometimes inspect this pivot joint using a flashlight. It appears a pedal cluster rebuild may be warranted.