My clutch cable popped out of the pedal fork today, so I had a bit of an adventure. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to start in second and limp home the last half mile or so.
So anyway, when I get a chance, I have to go take a closer look and determine if the pedal failed, but in the mean time, the cable looks pretty hard to reach under the dash, does anyone have advice for grabbing that thing and pulling it back into the pedal?
Clutch pedal
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FordPrefect
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narfire
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Re: Clutch pedal
If you can remember how it fits great. I thought there were stops and one had a bit of fiddling to do. I took a look at the manual and then attempted, It went way easier. It is easy to back off under the car. A 10 and 17 mm I think for the stopper nut and adjustment nut, I'd think they would be backed off a bit to give you something to work with while upsidedown, backwards under the steering colum in the dark. Note to self: small stuff falls off under there and usually goes out of its way to land in the eye.
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72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
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bwilson27
Re: Clutch pedal
Disconnect the cable from the tranny first, then route the cable under the dash to the pedal. It'll make life much easier.
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spiderrey
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Re: Clutch pedal
Just dis this, but my pedal broke and needed to be reworked. I was getting frustrated. Couldnt get it to go on. I called mark and he told me to bend the end of the cable to get it to engage the pedal. Worked on the first try. I was about to give up before that advice.
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FordPrefect
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Re: Clutch pedal
Just a couple more questions:
1. There is a little bit of metal around the end of the cable, I thought maybe it's part of the pedal that has broken off, but the bit of metal doesn't seem to come off the cable. The pedal fork seems a bit jagged, so I can't help wondering if the pedal broke, and that metal if part of the pedal, or maybe that piece of metal was added by a PO as a quick fix.
It might hold, or I might need a new pedal, I can't decide if I want to take the trouble to replace the whole pedal.
2. I think there is a switch that the clutch pedal hits for some reason. A lot of non-essential wiring is non-functioning, and I have no idea what that is switch is supposed to do, anybody know?
1. There is a little bit of metal around the end of the cable, I thought maybe it's part of the pedal that has broken off, but the bit of metal doesn't seem to come off the cable. The pedal fork seems a bit jagged, so I can't help wondering if the pedal broke, and that metal if part of the pedal, or maybe that piece of metal was added by a PO as a quick fix.
It might hold, or I might need a new pedal, I can't decide if I want to take the trouble to replace the whole pedal.
2. I think there is a switch that the clutch pedal hits for some reason. A lot of non-essential wiring is non-functioning, and I have no idea what that is switch is supposed to do, anybody know?
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boogiedude
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Re: Clutch pedal
I believe that piece of metal is supposed to be on the cable. If i remember right it's supposed to help hold the cable on the fork or something. The fork might be jagged from the cable pulling and tearing at it over time.
And I think that switch might be a safety function that makes it so the car won't start with out the clutch being depressed, eliminating the chance of cranking the engine while in gear and rolling the car. I'm not sure if any of the spiders had this built in but the majority of modern cars that are standard have this feature.
And I think that switch might be a safety function that makes it so the car won't start with out the clutch being depressed, eliminating the chance of cranking the engine while in gear and rolling the car. I'm not sure if any of the spiders had this built in but the majority of modern cars that are standard have this feature.