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Originally Posted by Flat6pac
If youre close to Rocky Mount, Raleigh, I ll look at the car.. possibly the idle arm is frozen to the vertical shaft, making things very difficult.
Bruce
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First fire that wrench. That is not the way it is supposed to be. Clutch is supposed to engage halfway up the pedal travel. I recently helped adjust a buddy of mine's to keep him from grinding into gears.
If you want to diagnose this yourself, get a helper to press the clutch while you are safely under the car. Check the movement, if binding then it may be the Helper Arm binding on the shaft as described above. GOING THRU PUDDLES OF WATER IN AND ENGINE CLEANINGS WILL DO THIS, ask me how I know
If you want to fix it: Get a circlip tool to remove circlip on the small arm, use a needle nose to remove spring. Remove small arm ( take note of it's position). Get a BFS and pry the Helper Arm forward, don't worry you will not harm your baby. The Helper Arm should drop down, if not then it is rusted and you may need to use a mallet and BFS to make it release. Shoot some PBBlaster up it if need. Depending on your year there should be two dust covers, one in front and behind the arm.
Once removed, remove all corrosion and rust. Lube shaft with MOLY Grease or Bearing Grease. Replace the dust cover if still good, if not you will need to order new ones, they should be soft not hard an brittle. I placed some lube on them to help seal the shaft from the elements.
Replace in Reverse. Do not worry, there is no adjustments needed, if you are anal you can check but if you replace as you found it all readings will be the same.
If clutch is still engaging too low then you need to adjust the cable. if the adjustment nut is at it's end then your cable is stretched and you will need a new cable. Remember with the helper, the difference between depressed and pressed clutch must be 25.0MM (=/- 0.5 MM) per SPEC. If done correctly, your pedal height will be the same as your Brake pedal. Ask your help how the pedal height is during the adjustment.
Don't let this intimidate you, you can do this yourself and fire the wrench.
Jim
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