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Clutch Adjustment

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Hi Boy's,

I was out for a strap tonight giving the ET a hard time, just testing the intercooler out and dosing innocent unsuspecting fellow drivers with their windows down with my intercooler noise..... yay!

Anyway, I noticed that when on boost and at around 3500 - 4000rpm, I'm getting the feeling like when a clutch slips. Like, its reving harder but not going anywhere if you know what I mean.

I have not touched the clutch since I put the engine in and I do remember at the time I tighened the cable some more because it helped reverse get in easier without crunching. There is fuk all (none really) play on the cable or any of the other components there, thats how tight I did it.

Point is, can someone give me the exact procedure for adjusting this thing? When you push the pedal, how far down should the clutch go before it does its thing. Pictures would be great too if you got 'em.

Thanks in advance.

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Mine did that once. I'm assuming your clutch is new, not old or what?
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TimmyET wrote:Mine did that once. I'm assuming your clutch is new, not old or what?
Hmmmm dunno mate, it was in the engine/gearbox combo I bought.

The bloke that sold it to me said it was new, but I dunno.......

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I heve a weird problem and i thought it was my clutch...sometimes when i go down from 3rd to 2nd it will make that grinding noise like if u was driving and tryed sticking it in gear without the clutch and it just grinds..but i think its my clutch and something to do with my gear box
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baz wrote:I heve a weird problem and i thought it was my clutch...sometimes when i go down from 3rd to 2nd it will make that grinding noise like if u was driving and tryed sticking it in gear without the clutch and it just grinds..but i think its my clutch and something to do with my gear box
Get your own thread! lol

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baz wrote:I heve a weird problem and i thought it was my clutch...sometimes when i go down from 3rd to 2nd it will make that grinding noise like if u was driving and tryed sticking it in gear without the clutch and it just grinds..but i think its my clutch and something to do with my gear box
Mine did that aswell :? my car does lots of things. I think it was because i didnt have the clutch right in
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Funny thing with mine is that the thread bit is so far out towards the right (like in the pic below), it almost looks like its going to far and its going to hit the other bit that hold onto the lever...... <----- if that makes any sense? lol

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Post by tassuperkart »

Sase
You have adjusted the cable sos the release bearing is "riding".

Slipping clutch on heavy clamp will burn and glazed you plate in quick time and out she comes.

Release that adjuster until you have a slight amount of movement in the clutch arm. mebbe a couple of mm.
this should translate to about 15 odd mm of free movement in the pedal beafore ANYTHING happens.

Now, hope like mad you have not glazed that plate. be careful with it and the plate should come "back" to you. keep slipping and burning it and out it comes.

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Sounds like good advice tassuperFart....... thanks

Even if it was "glazed" (which I say it would be after all this time driving it), I don't mind replacing the clutch. Pain in the arse, but it'll get there.

So I should actually be able to move the clutch arm/lever by hand?
Fark, mine was tight as, no way I could move it without and aid of some sorts.

I'll give it a crack tommorrow and let ya'll know.

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SashET wrote: So I should actually be able to move the clutch arm/lever by hand?
Sash
Yep, a couple of MM's.
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Post by Callumgw »

There's another thing!, the arm that mounts the clutch cable at the gearbox has two sets of holes so you can mount it in two positions!. If you have no adjustement in one, try the other holes, it might help. YOu should be able to see what I mean with this pict:

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also your clutch cable might be stressed (especially if its been there 20 years) i replaced my clutch cable, got it from repco and made a world of difference!
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etking wrote:also your clutch cable might be stressed (especially if its been there 20 years) i replaced my clutch cable, got it from repco and made a world of difference!
$??

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i got it cheap ... $120 rrp pops into my head...
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Re: Clutch Adjustment

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SashET wrote:Hi Boy's,

I was out for a strap tonight giving the ET a hard time, just testing the intercooler out and dosing innocent unsuspecting fellow drivers with their windows down with my intercooler noise..... yay!

Anyway, I noticed that when on boost and at around 3500 - 4000rpm, I'm getting the feeling like when a clutch slips. Like, its reving harder but not going anywhere if you know what I mean.

I have not touched the clutch since I put the engine in and I do remember at the time I tighened the cable some more because it helped reverse get in easier without crunching. There is fuk all (none really) play on the cable or any of the other components there, thats how tight I did it.

Point is, can someone give me the exact procedure for adjusting this thing? When you push the pedal, how far down should the clutch go before it does its thing. Pictures would be great too if you got 'em.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers
Sash
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Hay there i have had the same problem and found the answer yay he says down below you have a pic with arrows pointing to a bracket now as every one nows the et's exa's gearbox area are the exact same as the standerd n12 witch means they are weekish now the problem i had is i had to keep bringing the clutch up because it was doing the same thing and then found when i was testing it one of my mates said the this bracket was bending and i mean not a little movemnet he seen it with the car running its a big movment so what we did is pull the bracket of welded very strong plates to the top and bottom and i havent had one problem since and im running a very heavy duty clutch now and it still smoth as silk between each gear change 8) good luck mate :D
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