Broken clutch quadrant?

jonnyk · 04-25-2001, 08:03 PM

OK, here's the story. I was out putting around the other day, and all of a sudden I went to shift 1st to 2nd, and the clutch pedal went about halfway down before there was ANY resistance whatsoever (normally it starts right at the top), and when I went to shift it was near impossible. When I let the pedal back out, the catch point was super low, and it didn't get any better. I limped home and had a look underneath to see what was up. The quadrant seems to function ok, but there is a definite slack in the cable, did it break or is it the cable stretched? In any event I think it's time for a new setup. Who makes a good quadrant and cable? Also, how hard is the cable and quadrant to install? Thanks for the input.

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1991 LX Hatch 5.0L

87horsepower · 04-26-2001, 02:39 AM

The BBK is pretty good. It's not bad to install. Remove the seat and have little Maglite

red82gt · 04-26-2001, 02:47 AM

That happened to me too, the self adjuster is probably stripped. I bought the ZOOM double adjustable cable and quadrant, the cable snapped though so I used the stock cable and it works great. I found it easy to install the quadrant once I was able to get myself into position, I just pulled the pin out, pulled the old quadrant off, put the new one on, and put the pin back in.

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GT-40 heads (ported, polished, + milled), B303 cam, 1.7rr's, JE pistons, Offy intake, Carter AFB 625cfm carb, Flowtech 1 5/8" shortys, Flowtech X-pipe, MAC Flowpath exhaust, MAC pulleys, 373's, subframes, Eibachs+Tokicos, B+M ripper, FMS Clutch, Zoom Quadrant+cable, 17" CSA Ultra rims, 235/45ZR17 Yokohama AVS S4's, MSD 6A ignition+coil, FMS 9mm wires, Carbed, Naturally Aspirated, and Nasty!

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terrible0ne · 04-26-2001, 01:09 PM

DONT USE THE BBK UNIT IT SUCKS. not only did I have to keep adj every week but after six months it broke. I went with the frpp. unit and have not had a problem since and that clutch works better then it did ever has I would go with the frrp or the steeda

87horsepower · 04-27-2001, 03:48 AM

Hmmmm, interesting. Mine went in adjustment was a snap and didn't need to be adjusted for about a year. BTW, what broke? The quadrant?

04-25-2001, 08:03 PM	#1
jonnyk Being stroked is great Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 772	Broken clutch quadrant? OK, here's the story. I was out putting around the other day, and all of a sudden I went to shift 1st to 2nd, and the clutch pedal went about halfway down before there was ANY resistance whatsoever (normally it starts right at the top), and when I went to shift it was near impossible. When I let the pedal back out, the catch point was super low, and it didn't get any better. I limped home and had a look underneath to see what was up. The quadrant seems to function ok, but there is a definite slack in the cable, did it break or is it the cable stretched? In any event I think it's time for a new setup. Who makes a good quadrant and cable? Also, how hard is the cable and quadrant to install? Thanks for the input. ------------------ 1991 LX Hatch 5.0L

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04-26-2001, 02:39 AM	#2
87horsepower Registered Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Florida Posts: 365	The BBK is pretty good. It's not bad to install. Remove the seat and have little Maglite

04-26-2001, 02:47 AM	#3
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	That happened to me too, the self adjuster is probably stripped. I bought the ZOOM double adjustable cable and quadrant, the cable snapped though so I used the stock cable and it works great. I found it easy to install the quadrant once I was able to get myself into position, I just pulled the pin out, pulled the old quadrant off, put the new one on, and put the pin back in. ------------------ GT-40 heads (ported, polished, + milled), B303 cam, 1.7rr's, JE pistons, Offy intake, Carter AFB 625cfm carb, Flowtech 1 5/8" shortys, Flowtech X-pipe, MAC Flowpath exhaust, MAC pulleys, 373's, subframes, Eibachs+Tokicos, B+M ripper, FMS Clutch, Zoom Quadrant+cable, 17" CSA Ultra rims, 235/45ZR17 Yokohama AVS S4's, MSD 6A ignition+coil, FMS 9mm wires, Carbed, Naturally Aspirated, and Nasty! [This message has been edited by red82gt (edited 04-26-2001).]

04-26-2001, 01:09 PM	#4
terrible0ne Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: elgin ,iL,USA Posts: 36	DONT USE THE BBK UNIT IT SUCKS. not only did I have to keep adj every week but after six months it broke. I went with the frpp. unit and have not had a problem since and that clutch works better then it did ever has I would go with the frrp or the steeda

04-27-2001, 03:48 AM	#5
87horsepower Registered Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Florida Posts: 365	Hmmmm, interesting. Mine went in adjustment was a snap and didn't need to be adjusted for about a year. BTW, what broke? The quadrant?