any tips for hooking up the clutch cable with a very heavy clutch??

[TT SHO PROJECT]

Im back and the beater turbo sho's about to be back on the road again FINALY!! i just repared the subframe mounting points and replaced the clutch with a stage 3 clutch masters, oh and btw there was Nothing left of my stage 2 south bend clutch after only 3000 miles!! but anyways heres my current problem, the new clutch is in, but im haveing one **** of a time getting the clutch fork to pivit to the clutch cable so i can hook it up!!, any helpful tips on how to hook it up?? iv tried a prybar and that just didnt seem safe i almost lost a knuckle lol. is there an easy way to do this? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Lupo]

If I remember right, you lift up on the clutch pedal and put something there to hold it up, and that should give a little slack.

 

[Phoenix]

Besides having a wooden block that pushes upward on the clutch pedal , theres no magic tricks , its really tight.

 

[TT SHO PROJECT]

Sigh, lol well i guess i will give that a try tomorrow, thanks for the info guys. :thankyou:

 

[SuperchargedSHOguy]

When alone I have used a open ended wrench to keep the clutch pedal up, otherwise get someone to hold it up for you.

 

[MerkXRTurbo]

Ditto the wrench. You can REALLY wedge it in there, and if it's not quite long enough then you can up a size or two.

 

[sbsho]

instead of holding the pedal up there is a way you can disingage the pedal to give you a lot of slack. i had this same problem when i was installing my new cable, i tryed the prybar and stuff but that doesnt work well and is pretty dangerous, lol. but yeah my dad helped me out with it. actually inside the crappy haynes manual there are instructions on how to do it the proper way. i couldnt figure it out myself how to do it. my dad got underneith the dash and disengaged the mechanism. he built cars for 25years and went under and did it in 5min.

 

[zak]

I used a large open end wrench to push the lever on the trans rearward a bit. Don't let it slip . .

 

[93rev2sev]

Make sure you pull all the slack out of the cable. I thought I had that same problem, then I pulled really ******* the cable and another half inch or so came out of the sheath. Pulling on the pedal does not always push all of the cable back into the sheath.

 

[yamahaSHO]

I don't remember having any problems doing this... It's a little tough on mine, but nothing too serious. It may be worse the next time as I pulled up on the clutch after snapping an axle (and replacing it) and got a click. The clutch was releasing very high after the last break, but now it's fine.

 

[St Louis SHO]

I always use my 24" Snap on pry bar. I put it on the clutch fork, then down to one of the case bolts (that hold the case halves together) then pry it towards the firewall. Be carefull, as if it slips it will hurt if you're not ready for it.

Or, you can push the self adjuster up with a screwdriver while a second person easily attaches the cable outside, then lift up on the pedal to adjust it

 

[TaurusPimpin]

I think when I did mine, I attached it to the tranny first, then ran it through the firewall, and then held the pedal up and pushed up on the quadrant until I could get it into the notch.

 

[ShadetreeSHOguy]

I do want to insert my 2cents since i cut my knuckles open doing the same damned thing.

Do not forget to reset the quadrant all the way up when you do this, this should give you plenty of slack to connect the clutch cable to the fork.

Took me 2 days and cut knuckles to figure that one out.

 

[TT SHO PROJECT]

Yep i found that out after Finaly getting the cable hooked up... i had it on the lift and put it in first let up on the clutch and the wheels didnt spin! lol i was about to freak out, then i lifted the peddle up and the quadrent reset and all was good i cant believe i forgot about that, its the same way on my mustang. oh yeah btw shes on the road again better than ever!! no more slipping clutch!!! too bad it failed emissions catgo cats dont seem to work that well.

 

[1995SHO9]

Um, do you have any video's of it driving?