Clutch Adjustment Issues!!
 

Hello, Everyone
Has anyone experienced any issues after adjusting your clutch pedal?
Please reply with:

1) How long has it been since you did it?
2) Miles put on your car after adjustment and total

- Thanks

No problems with mine. I set it to my liking shortly after getting the car home. That was 8 months and 12,000 miles ago.

Are you having issues?

I made mine a tad higher than the brake pedal - before that it was lower and I felt like I was killing the clutch which is why i raised it to the current position.
i think the first spot had 3k miles or so .. the new spot has .. 3k/4k miles
why?

I've been paying with the position for a while. Depending on the position; clutch vibrates a little more/feel when not being pressed. I also noticed speed drops a tad bit faster sometimes when no gas is being applied. It might just be me but I also feel that the car also pulls better when the pedal is higher. I fear clutch might be wearing down (guessing it will last 20k miles).

No issues here. I did it 8 months/about 16k miles ago.

Good sign. I hope it's not wearing out. I FEAR lol..

how many miles are you at, I've felt the car feel differently ever so often mostly because its seems to be breaking in still and I'm sitting around 8500

i dont know anything about this vibration thing ..

Have you done such adjustment to any previews cars?

Around 6kmiles, Place you foot on clutch pedal while driving

3.5K miles, 6 months, no issues.

Never needed to.

There is a little more feedback in the pedal, but you only feel it at the very top of the pedal throw. When you are not using the clutch, you shouldnt rest your foot on the pedal.

From my experience in other cars, the feedback is normal.

I don't rest foot on clutch. I just did it to feel diff. :)

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Adjusted pedal over the summer, around the end of July. Many miles since and no problems!

I adjusted my clutch about 3000 km ago. No problems here.

The clutch vibration is somewhat familiar to me. I feel it as well.

If you take your car to a bumpy road, or let's say a gravel road, or even over a bump, do you hear a clunking sound from the front of the car? May be linked :S

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I have never really driven the car on gravel/ bumpy I can't saying anything about that. However I do hear the clunking sometimes when changing from Reverse to 1st Gear.

:thumbsup: How many miles?

Never touched it, been in countless cars, the travel is something you adjust to, adjusting it around you is usually a bad idea.

I'm of this train of thought. After about 500 miles I don't think about it anymore. Sometimes I'll stall it after driving someone else s car, because I do agree that it can be vague at times, and it actuates quite high in its travel, but I like it, gives the FR-S it's own feel for me, and I wouldn't want to take that away. :wub:

Maybe we should have someone post benchmark speeds with the stock height. For example in 5th gear I'm at xrpm at xmph. That way we can see if the adjustment is affecting the speed etc

I forget the milage when I did it; but I'm now at 15,000. It's definitely been over 5000 miles since I did the adjustment. The change was night and day. I went from unsteady starts to smooth starts immediately. I did another members car and later and and he is very happy with it as well.

The clutch pedal is adjusted when the clutch is engaged/grabbing the flywheel. It has no effect on how much grab it has. The only thing you could do wrong is adjusting it too low so it would not have enough release..and this is obvious enough as it will make hard shifting/grinding when selecting reverse.

This is about the clutch adjustment made at the pedal only.

About 8,000 km or so since the adjustment. No vibration or other issues. Still does the 1st-2nd gear grind when cold though.

My reverse is prety hard to get into but doesn't grind

That sounds just about right. I've never owned MT cars before. That is why I decided to start this thread to see if other drivers have actually done this to their previews cars.

I actually find the car less engaging because its so easy to shift.

Good idea but I think it would be a very minimal difference (hard to notice). However the drop in speed (while not giving it gas) on a level road would be great but it is hard to know if perfectly level :(

I was very happy after adjustment too. I won't be to happy if my clutch goes out at lets say 25k. haha

When you say "too low" do you mean clutch pedal below brake pedal?

Yea too low physically, I don't know the exact "mesures" but if I remember correctly it can be set a small bit below but with very little freeplay before engagement.

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I ended up moving mine back up a bit above the break pedal. Peace of mind really. I don't even notice much of a difference.

mine is about 1/4 inch above the brake pedal (cut the original travel 50%), I didn't want to go to low to be safe.

Had my first issue with the pedal adjustment, the clutch actually slipped out of 3rd gear and was riding it for a good 600ft. I had it a few mm below the brake pedal. Adjusted it a few mm above the brake pedal and also noticed cleaner shifts.

I did the same.

Wow! I hope you didn't do any big damage.

well i pretty much did 60 miles worth of driving on my clutch in 600 ft

Hey Guys

Just wanted to update this thread to see if anything has changed for those of you who did adjustment. Recently my clutch started making a squeaky/spring noise every time I press it (mainly when cold). Any of you have the same noise?