Clutch fork travel

[blykins]

Yep, preloading the pressure plate would at least let you know what shape you're in.

I've only had this happen on one other setup, and it was a Superformance. It used the late model Mustang fork and pivoted on the other side, but it was the same situation, not enough travel to engage the clutch.

The owner found out that the clutch pedal had two different pivot points drilled for the master cylinder pushrod, and he just swapped points. Any chance the ERA pedal is like that?

[patrickt]

I can tell you that preloading was absolutely, positively not needed with my Centerforce DF clutch. Yes, that POS Centerforce....

Edit -- ... along with a Lakewood BH and Spacer in front of the Tremec. Nothing fancy.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by blykins

The owner found out that the clutch pedal had two different pivot points drilled for the master cylinder pushrod, and he just swapped points. Any chance the ERA pedal is like that?

Yes, the ERA pedal arm does have two positions for the rod to the master cylinder. The rod should be in the outer hole for max stroke. Good question.

Also, the pedal arm is splined to the pedal shaft also and can be clocked as desired. For maximum effectiveness the arm should be hanging just a little forward to the front of the car so that it rotates back in the 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock range as much as possible. If clocked too far back (7 to 8 o'clock area) then the rod will get less rearward (horizontal) motion (and master cylinder stroke) for movement of the pedal.

[patrickt]

It is difficult to put together incorrectly. I suppose, though, if Lippy tried really hard to do it wrong he could possibly come up with a way to do just that.