Clutch Problems

[Cobra20646]

Originally posted by rbray


Jim,
I think you are right. Yes I do have a stop but we must not have set it correctly. We checked, but we were wrong.

Oh well.

Yeah, they can be a bear to set. I usually set the pedal first by raising the rear wheels off the ground and have a friend try to rotate the wheel (tranny in hi gear) while you then slowly press the clutch. At some point, the friend will be able to turn the wheel (clutch released) and you can "visually note" how far you had to puch the clutch. Move the stop to that location and repeat the test a few times until your satisfied. Then, with the engine running, tranny in neutral, depress the clutch and see how it shifts into reverse. If you don't have enough release, you'll grind the gears and won't be able to shift it. A little grind is normal, but the gears should engage. At this point you should be really close to having good release without over extending the bearing. Then a turn or two more on the adjustment should do it.

All of this assumes that the bearing has a proper static set up first!