Clutch Pedal Adjustment

[kmdavis]

Dave and Rob thanks for a great day at the BBQ.
On the day chatting to people with greater knowlege than myself .Iwas told that an adjustment can be made at the clutch pedal underneath the pedal board.
Could not find any reference to it in the Adrian Straethen ? companion book.
Trying to eliminate gears catching when changing gear, clutch slave removed drained and bled.No clutch slip
No official receipt of clutch change, but a hand written note on service bill.
67K on the clock 1992 car C2.
Is there a setting and process to follow.

Regards
Keith

 

[Steve Brookes]

Hi Keith,

Good to meet you at the weekend. Since no one has replied yet I can only say that this is the first time time I've heard of adjustment of the clutch pedal to cure a gear selection problem. However, I've heard about replacing the roll pin in the pedal assembly to cure problems with operating the pedal.

It sounds like you're describing a gear engaging problem. If you're sure it's not clutch related I'd look at changing the gearbox oil. If you can move around the gears easily while the car is stationary and the problem only occurs on the move (especially when changing down) I would check the condition of your engine mounts.

Hopefully someone else will have better information for you.

 

[kmdavis]

Thanks for your response Steve.
I have changed the gear box oil, this had no effect. It is not gear change it is more that when changing gear and this is in all gears that I seam to catch a gear.
Why would you suspect engine mounts?
Keith

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Keith,

Although the engine mount theory might seem obscure, the reality is that with the engine only attached to the body vai the two mounts at the rear and a single mount on the gearbox, the whole engine/gearbox assembly can move quite violently if the rear mounts are past their best. The effect of this is that the gear linkage into the gearbox can be subjected to some relatively severe movements as the engine accelerates and decelerates. Bear in mind that the majority of this movement is rotational - and the more worn the mounts are, the moire rotational the movement becomes.

I'm pretty sure that Steve noticed a marked improvement in the gear change when he changed his engine mounts and I will admit that mine does seem a little nicer since doing mine.

Regards

Dave

 

[Steve Brookes]

Yes Dave...changing the mounts made a huge difference in how mine shifted. Particularly when going down the box under heavy braking. With the old mounts, 3rd to 2nd was a b*tch on trackdays.