92ShoOff
SHO Member
For the past 3 clutches I've put in my '92 I've had no luck getting my clutch pedal engagement adjusted by lifting on the pedal and pressing back down on it. The clutch will be engaging in a good spot of pedal travel (about mid-way of the full travel of the pedal) when the new clutch first gets in, but as soon as I started driving it hard and shifting fast I end up getting clutch engagement/disengagement with the pedal almost completely released.
A couple years ago I did some reading here on the forum, then poked my header under the dash with a flash light to locate the self-adjuster assembly. I poked around on the pawl and quadrant with a screw driver, but I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing and don't recall what position I ended find the quadrant in, nor what position I left it in when I was finished messing with it. On my second clutch job I had AAMCO install a new clutch cable for me, but not sure if they knew how to manually adjust the self-adjuster or not. Regardless, the catching point on the pedal ended up with the pedal almost totally released just like the other two times I had a clutch installed.
I just got my new motor together and threw on a whole new clutch kit to give this thing a whirl with a fresh start. New Fidanza flywheel insert, and new SPEC stage 2+ clutch disc and pressure plate. Along with that is the ceramic TOB and teflon-impregnated fork bushings. With all these new parts I want to get this thing right this time.
Tonight I took out the clutch pedal assembly and inspected everything. The teeth on both the pawl and the quadrant are in great shape. The springs have plenty of tension. Everything seems to be working correctly. But to see for your own eyes, here are a few pics of the teeth:
Now the only thing that I'm not 100% sure about is what exactly pushes up on the pawl to release it's teeth from the teeth on the quadrant when you pull backwards on the clutch pedal? Is it the clutch cable that makes contact with the pawl and releases it from the quadrant when you pull back on the pedal????? And with a new clutch cable and good teeth on the pawl and quadrant what else may cause the self adjuster to not function???
The only thing I'm thinking of is that maybe the WHOLE time I've had this problem the quadrant MAY have been rotated completely or almost completely outward where it has no more direction to rotate to take anymore slack. Come to think of it, my last clutch was slipping at high RPM often with the clutch pedal totally released. If the quadrant was tugging that TOB fork anymore than it's supposed then I'm sure that may have been my problem all this time. Wouldn't that scenario of the quadrant be rotated to the tightest cable position cause slippage like that and also cause the disengagement/engagement point on the pedal to be so high??? This could be why I've never gotten a "click" out of the pedal when pulling up on it! What do you all think?
Anyhow, I've re-assembled the self-adjuster assembly and have the quadrant rotated fully inward, to give the maximum amount of slack on the clutch cable. Then of course once I get everything hooked back up I'll pull up on the clutch pedal and see if I get anything out of it. But I'd really appreciate any good input that you all could give me on this!!
Thanks,
Andrew
A couple years ago I did some reading here on the forum, then poked my header under the dash with a flash light to locate the self-adjuster assembly. I poked around on the pawl and quadrant with a screw driver, but I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing and don't recall what position I ended find the quadrant in, nor what position I left it in when I was finished messing with it. On my second clutch job I had AAMCO install a new clutch cable for me, but not sure if they knew how to manually adjust the self-adjuster or not. Regardless, the catching point on the pedal ended up with the pedal almost totally released just like the other two times I had a clutch installed.
I just got my new motor together and threw on a whole new clutch kit to give this thing a whirl with a fresh start. New Fidanza flywheel insert, and new SPEC stage 2+ clutch disc and pressure plate. Along with that is the ceramic TOB and teflon-impregnated fork bushings. With all these new parts I want to get this thing right this time.
Tonight I took out the clutch pedal assembly and inspected everything. The teeth on both the pawl and the quadrant are in great shape. The springs have plenty of tension. Everything seems to be working correctly. But to see for your own eyes, here are a few pics of the teeth:
Now the only thing that I'm not 100% sure about is what exactly pushes up on the pawl to release it's teeth from the teeth on the quadrant when you pull backwards on the clutch pedal? Is it the clutch cable that makes contact with the pawl and releases it from the quadrant when you pull back on the pedal????? And with a new clutch cable and good teeth on the pawl and quadrant what else may cause the self adjuster to not function???
The only thing I'm thinking of is that maybe the WHOLE time I've had this problem the quadrant MAY have been rotated completely or almost completely outward where it has no more direction to rotate to take anymore slack. Come to think of it, my last clutch was slipping at high RPM often with the clutch pedal totally released. If the quadrant was tugging that TOB fork anymore than it's supposed then I'm sure that may have been my problem all this time. Wouldn't that scenario of the quadrant be rotated to the tightest cable position cause slippage like that and also cause the disengagement/engagement point on the pedal to be so high??? This could be why I've never gotten a "click" out of the pedal when pulling up on it! What do you all think?
Anyhow, I've re-assembled the self-adjuster assembly and have the quadrant rotated fully inward, to give the maximum amount of slack on the clutch cable. Then of course once I get everything hooked back up I'll pull up on the clutch pedal and see if I get anything out of it. But I'd really appreciate any good input that you all could give me on this!!
Thanks,
Andrew
