Vibrations felt in gas pedal

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I've tried doing some research on here but am coming up short. I am feeling road vibrations/bumps in my gas pedal and brake pedal as I'm driving. What could this be related to?

I've got new Toyota shocks, Lower Ball Joints (555)/Wheel bearings/front sway bar links all within the past 6 months. I'm working on my rear bushings/control arms but I've started noticing small vibrations in my feet when going over bumps (big and small) while driving. Any ideas or what to start exploring to figure this out?
 
I thought this was going to be the sticky throttle pedal when I read your title, but this is something else. I have personally never heard of this, please post as you learn more! Good luck on the repair.
 
Is there any play in the pedal itself? Have you tried moving it around without the engine running?
 
Is there any play in the pedal itself? Have you tried moving it around without the engine running?
There is slight play in both pedals with the engine off. It is not side to side play but i can wiggle them towards to floor

kind of tap/press them and they move down toward the foot easily. They don’t move too much, maybe half an inch or less.
 
Jack up the front and check your tie rod ends for slop (shake tire at 9 and 3 o'clock position). I had the same thing and after I changed out the inner and outer tie rods the issue was gone. My tie rods on both sides had about 1/8" play at the tire circumference point.
Don't know how that vibration gets transmitted to the pedal or floor but evidently it can, somehow....
 
Jack up the front and check your tie rod ends for slop (shake tire at 9 and 3 o'clock position). I had the same thing and after I changed out the inner and outer tie rods the issue was gone. My tie rods on both sides had about 1/8" play at the tire circumference point.
Don't know how that vibration gets transmitted to the pedal or floor but evidently it can, somehow....

I'll check this out this weekend. If there is movement then I'm hopeful this is the issue. TRE were one thing I was told to watch out for when I did a PPI last year. I had an alignment done in November and have been noticing this vibration since.

I'll probably go ahead and do both sides and both Inner and Outer TREs in the next few weeks or so and then get an other alignment. Thanks for this insight!

edit: following back up on this. I replaced my outer tie rod ends and that solved the problem. Thanks for the help!
 
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