Can you adjust the clutch lever?
If you need to make an adjustment, there are two places to do it. You use the barrel at the lever to make minor day-to-day adjustments, or you can turn the locknuts down at the engine to make larger changes.
What’s the best way to adjust the clutch?
Screw the smaller “adjusting nut” outward to reduce free play and tighten the lever, or inward for the opposite effect. Use pliers if adjusting this with your fingers is too difficult. Keep depressing the clutch lever to keep track of how much adjustment is being made.
What happens when you depress the clutch lever?
Keep depressing the clutch lever to keep track of how much adjustment is being made. Apart from adjusting the free play, it will also make the lever feel tighter, and so be careful not to reduce free play too much or you will be left with a very tight clutch.
Where is the clutch adjustment on a transverse engine?
Adjustment is made for clearance (free play) – the distance the cable travels before moving the lever. Clutch adjustment on a transverse engine can be done under the bonnet. In this example the bonnet hinges at the front, and the master cylinder is on the front bulkhead. The adjustment is at the clutch operating lever.
How can I tighten the free play Lever?
Apart from adjusting the free play, it will also make the lever feel tighter, and so be careful not to reduce free play too much or you will be left with a very tight clutch. Tighten the locking nut once the correct clutch action is achieved by screwing it towards the lever. This can be done by hand, but you may want to finish with pliers.
Screw the smaller “adjusting nut” outward to reduce free play and tighten the lever, or inward for the opposite effect. Use pliers if adjusting this with your fingers is too difficult. Keep depressing the clutch lever to keep track of how much adjustment is being made.
Where is the lock nut on a fourspeed clutch?
Remove the primary cover unless it’s an open system and if it is, you have just saved some time. Remove the lock nut from the push adjusting screw [located in the center of thepressure plate]. Now place a flat washer [that is 1/8″ thick, 1 3/4″ diameter and3/8″ hole] over the adjusting screw and replace the locknut.
How do you change the clutch spring tension?
Now place a flat washer [that is 1/8″ thick, 1 3/4″ diameter and3/8″ hole] over the adjusting screw and replace the locknut. Tighten the locknut until the flat washer compresses the pressure plate and springs enough to free the three [or could be five if upgraded] clutch spring tension adjustment nuts.
Keep depressing the clutch lever to keep track of how much adjustment is being made. Apart from adjusting the free play, it will also make the lever feel tighter, and so be careful not to reduce free play too much or you will be left with a very tight clutch.