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    Non-member Chrispraider's Avatar
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    Can you adjust the clutch

    Is it possible to adjust my clutch? you have to press the clutch hard into the carpet more or less to engage first without crunching can you bring the pedal further up? or is my clutch on its last legs?

    not very mechanically minded new 5 owner

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    it sounds like your clutch cable has stretched mate

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    sounds about right. The bloody accelerator cables done the same. Are these easy fixes? bearing in mind I can just about change a wheel

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    fairly simple if your not fat like me! its just running cable and sheeth, you should pick up a haynes manual, very handy for stuff like this and for inexperinced people

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    lol. ive got a haynes manual but I think mines written in chinese

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    Gonna have to ask my best mate nicely if he`ll do it for me. He`s my mechanic and break down cover too

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    It might also be the pedal adjustment ratchet mechanism. Either that it needs adjusting or replacing??

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    I`ll get my mate to have a look at the weekend i`ll end up breaking something I might be gonna see shaun from leeds at the weekend he`s got a 5 and seems pretty clued up i might see if he`ll have a quick butchers at it and see it is a quick simple fix or if it needs open heart surgery i`ll just pay some one to replace them both.

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    Quote Originally Posted by Trevhib View Post
    It might also be the pedal adjustment ratchet mechanism. Either that it needs adjusting or replacing??
    Worth resetting the pedal quadrant (with the stopper block removed), then refit the stopper & see how the pedal feels then.

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    Re: Can you adjust the clutch

    that went straight over my head lol but i`ll make a note of the things you guys have said and let whoever kindly does it for me know. Cheers for your help

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