clutch ??

pedley · 08-03-2003, 09:42 AM

i have an 88 gt 5 speed

i set the clutch but there is something wrong big time

ok i goes into gear great and runs great for about the first time you shift ito each gear then from then on it will not relase all the way

maybe my cable is stretched

i still have the stock cable and quadrent
i would like to keep them if i can just set the clucth right

anything would help

thanks

Coupe50h · 08-03-2003, 04:12 PM

dude, you can try replacing your cable, but the self adjusting mechanism we have in our cars go bad, if you pull up on the pedal and it clicks, and takes out slack, then it works.
but even then, they dont hold up well to stiff heavy duty, or race clutches, i bought a firewall adjuster for pedal height, and an aluminum quadrant, the cable i had with the kit broke/stretched, so i put my stock cable back in, now i like the pedal feel, but the clutch is toast now due to other reasons

The quadrant goeas under the dash, and it is a pain in the @#% to get to, but i did it in about an hour, just take out your front seat, and get under there with a flashlight.
hope that helps....

pedley · 08-04-2003, 04:46 PM

yes the quadrent and pal suck i just put a new one in about a mounth ago now so that is good on my car and as for pulling up the pedal u can't b/c the guy that owned the car befor did something stupid so now you must adjust it by F***ing hand. i have had it all the way to the bottom of the quadrent and so on it just wont set?

so do you think maybe its the cable??

and what if i just got the adjuster at the firewall you think that would work ??

anything will help

'89GTStang · 08-09-2003, 03:40 PM

I would lean toward saying it's prolly the quadrant also. if you get a new quadrant I would get the firewall adjuster also b/c it is so much easier to adjust the clutch when you don't have to crawl under the car.

pedley · 08-09-2003, 11:10 PM

well its a brand new quadrent in it i changed way less than a year ago

and i dont know if it is still stock cable or not ?

but do you think by just getting the firewall adjuster will be good or not? or just get a new adjustabl cable???

08-03-2003, 09:42 AM	#1
pedley Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: canada Posts: 74	clutch ?? i have an 88 gt 5 speed i set the clutch but there is something wrong big time ok i goes into gear great and runs great for about the first time you shift ito each gear then from then on it will not relase all the way maybe my cable is stretched i still have the stock cable and quadrent i would like to keep them if i can just set the clucth right anything would help thanks

08-03-2003, 04:12 PM	#2
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	dude, you can try replacing your cable, but the self adjusting mechanism we have in our cars go bad, if you pull up on the pedal and it clicks, and takes out slack, then it works. but even then, they dont hold up well to stiff heavy duty, or race clutches, i bought a firewall adjuster for pedal height, and an aluminum quadrant, the cable i had with the kit broke/stretched, so i put my stock cable back in, now i like the pedal feel, but the clutch is toast now due to other reasons The quadrant goeas under the dash, and it is a pain in the @#% to get to, but i did it in about an hour, just take out your front seat, and get under there with a flashlight. hope that helps.... __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

08-04-2003, 04:46 PM	#3
pedley Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: canada Posts: 74	clutch?? yes the quadrent and pal suck i just put a new one in about a mounth ago now so that is good on my car and as for pulling up the pedal u can't b/c the guy that owned the car befor did something stupid so now you must adjust it by F***ing hand. i have had it all the way to the bottom of the quadrent and so on it just wont set? so do you think maybe its the cable?? and what if i just got the adjuster at the firewall you think that would work ?? anything will help

08-09-2003, 03:40 PM	#4
'89GTStang Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: greenwood, ar Posts: 118	I would lean toward saying it's prolly the quadrant also. if you get a new quadrant I would get the firewall adjuster also b/c it is so much easier to adjust the clutch when you don't have to crawl under the car. __________________ '89 GT K&N, Twisted Wedge heads, TFS intake,FMS 1.7 rockers, Trick Flow stage 1 cam(221/225 .530in\.542in) , 3.73's, headers, off road H-pipe, Flowmasters, FMS Clutch, Tremec, PRO-5.0, FMS driveshaft, fluidyne alum. radiator, and more to come.

08-09-2003, 11:10 PM	#5
pedley Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: canada Posts: 74	clutch ?" well its a brand new quadrent in it i changed way less than a year ago and i dont know if it is still stock cable or not ? but do you think by just getting the firewall adjuster will be good or not? or just get a new adjustabl cable???

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