Guest Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I've moved the pedals further forward on my new ride and the clutch seems to have got incredibly stiff ! The chap who I bought the car from was > 6ft and I'm 5ft 8 (and a half), when the pedals were at their max - i.e. furthest setting away, the clutch was reasonable. Now, it seems like is has to pull over a hump as it's really stiff and then reasonable on it's travel. Now, I know the the pivot point has obviously changed, but can it really be reason for such a massive difference?? I'm trying to get the car setup so that SWMBO can drive it... at the moment, it's no go! Any ideas? Car is a 1.6 K Series Road Sport with cable clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted May 20, 2014 Member Share Posted May 20, 2014 Did you adjust the cable this way? Could you post a photo of where the cable enters the pedal box, with the cover off? Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Here are some pictures... I guess the key here is straight line movement? Sorry for the lack of quality, it's a bit dark in my garage ATM. Link1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Have you over tightened the bolt causing the bush to bind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Quoting mav: Have you over tightened the bolt causing the bush to bind? Yep, all nice and free. It's when you put your foot on the clutch, it becomes stiff and then free. It's like you're pushing the clutch over a hump in the cable (which there isn't) It's a weird one ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Is the cable still inserted correctly at the bellhousing end? JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 As an aside ... That throttle pedal stop shown in the links, with the large round head on it .. is that the stadard pedal stop? Has it changed? Mine just has a small bolt through one of the holes you can see along the edge of the pedal box next to the throttle pedal top, which stops a small stub arm on the pedal itself. This looks a much more substantial arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 you are thinking of the bottom (underload) stop. Edited by - SM25T on 21 May 2014 12:30:16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 As john says, i'd look to see if the cable was correctly located in the clutch fork, and that the outer was also located Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The only other things that spring to mind are broken threads in the cable, and a pedal fulcrum bush or mounting bolt that's out of true. It might be worth removing the cable completely and examining how free-running the inner is. And while the cable's off, try operating the pedal to see if it moves smoothly. JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 @SM25T - Yes, of course this would stop the pedal at the other end of its travel! Brain failed for a moment there. In which case I appear to be completely missing a bottom stop on my pedal. I shall investigate further. Thanks. Apologies to the OP for the hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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