Clutch Adjustment

[Blokko]

Started this conversation with Nick Chan at the weekend, but on a very poor line so I was having trouble hearing what he was saying!

 

Anyhow, new purchase has a clutch action whereby my foot is almost off the clutch before I get any drive. So, does the clutch cable adjust the biting point, or just the travel / position of the clutch pedal? Trying to work out whether a new clutch is imminent or whether there is some life left in the unit yet.

 

Here is what the cable looks like right now -

 

At the other end of the cable only a small part of the thread is into the bellhousing - so I'm presuming that I could wind some of this out (to expose more thread) - which I'm assuming might lower the biting point on the clutch. Am I right here, or missing the mark by miles as usual? 😬

[mav]

The end pictured adjusts the height of the pedal.

 

Biting point is quite high in my car, except when the previous clutch was on the way out.

[k.russell]

just fitted a new clutch in my VX and the bite point is high in relation to how it was prior to fitting. i have slackened the adjuster and this has brought the pedal down nicely. thinking of adding a clutch pedal stop to aid gear changes.

[Paul Deslandes]

winding the nuts down the thread, to the right as shown in your picture, will bring more cable into the footwell and have the effect of lowering the pedal. You can do it at either end but I would guess the pedal box adjuster is easier to get at.

[Blokko]

Working away at the moment, but when I get a chance I'll have a play around with the cable to see if I can at least change the clutch travel.