hey i just installed a new clutch on my 4th gen and its amazing makes a huge differance. i was just wondering if there was a way to make my grabpoint on the clutch catch earlier and if there is how do i do it. thanks

 

yes. its a pain in the ***. you have to lay on your back on the floor and loosen the little lock nut thats on the push rod that connects to the clutch pedal, then turn the push rod itself out (counter clockwise, like you're loosening it). try turning it half a turn then tighten the lock nut back up and take it for a spin. This will make the clutch grab earlier or lower to the floor. don't turn it too much.

 

oh and tools you need. 12mm wrench to loosen the lock nut, and then i just used some needle nose plyers to turn the push rod cause nothing else would fit.

 

Would this in any way cause the clutch to drag or not fully engage?

For example adjusting it to grab near the floor, then it not having the correct extension and it not fully engaging under full throttle?

 

Needle nose vice grips will help work wonders.

 

throttle has nothing to do with engagment... just adjust it so that it starts to grab about a half inch to an inch off the floor. that way you'll know that it's fully disengaged when you have the clutch at the floor, but still have a fairly low engagement point.

 

Yes this is possible, if you adjust the clutch to engage higher, essentially the clutch will not be fully engaging and will cause it to slip. If you adjust the clutch to close to the floor, the clutch may not fully disengage and will have rough shifts or be unable to shift at all.

Basically, if there is no freeplay in the clutch pedal it may not fully engage, and if there is a lot of free play in the pedal you can suffer from rough shifts. You should have roughly 1" -1 1/2" of freeplay in the clutch pedal.

Also if you adjust the clutch to engage too close to the floor you can experience slave cylinder failure, as you are moving the push rod in and creating the hydraulic fluid to push (over-extend) the slave cylinder to far.

-Nick

 

If the clutch is not fully engaging, it may slip under full throttle, so yes throttle can play a factor. There is more stress/load on a clutch with more throttle/higher rpm, easier to slip.

-Nick

 

Exactly my thoughts. I would be leary of making adjustments on it unless you do the math and think it through. I wouldn't "adjust and drive".

Seems to me that you barely have to push the clutch in to make a low rpm shift, but you better have it to floor during a wot shift. At least thats the way it is on my saab.