I was just wondering when some of your guy's clutch grabs when you let it out. because it might just be me but it feels like mine has been grabbing almost at the end. just wondering???

 

You talking about at the end of the pedal? If it is grabbing at the very end of the pedal then your clutch is almost gone/worn out, its about time for a new one, for me!

 

shii mine is little before the halfway mark..only got 18k on it

 

ok you talking about the end being near the top or bottom of the pedal position?

 

Mine starts to grab about halfway up from the floor.

 

When releasing the clutch, it doesn't start to release until it is close to the top of the pedal. That is pretty much the way it has always been.

 

^^^^

 

Yeah mine grabs when its almost all the way out

 

Mine is at the very top of the pedal, which it always has been.

 

thanks for all the replies.. i want a few more

 

hmmm.... mine grabs pretty damn close to the floor and im on 18k miles. i drive it fairly hard too.

 

Mine grabs about about halfway up from the floor and I drive hard also. 36,600 miles...

 

same as the day i picked it up.
almost all the way out.

12k miles.

 

Now i dont know what to think because some people say theirs grabs half way up and the other half say it grabs all the way out

 

same here.

 

I got mine two days ago and it grabs all the way out. My legs touch the steerin wheel when it grabs, but im still not used to drivin stick at all. I need alot more practice.

 

Yeah I think it's common for most of them to grab up top....mine does. Don't we have self adjusting clutches too?

 

Mine grabbed about 3 inches from the bottom....now, its about 1 1/2 inches away...exedy FTW

 

x2... mine still grabs pretty early, as far as when i'm raising the pedal.. and my car has 16K on it

 

Mine begins to grab about half way but it not fully engaged to near the top. I'm in a lot of stop and go traffic and only have 5k on it. For most cars the sweet spot should be about 1/3 of the pedal down from the top. So you should be doing most of your pedal work between half and the top. When I go to start the car I'm surprised how much travel there is to the bottom of the pedal to get it start.

 

FYI to everyone! These clutches are SELF-ADJUSTING, that means that everyones clutch will grab in a different position relative to their average driving habits. What position your clutch grabs in is not an indication of clutch wear, because the clutch pressure is dependant upon the adjusted condition.

The question is IF your clutch grabs, and how much does it slip under heavy driving. If you are clutch dumping and experiencing slippage, try adding aggresive transmission braking to your daily driving habits to rough up the clutch disks by spinning them in the other direction. If you slip the clutch it will "glaze" in that direction and make it hard to grip the flywheel.

 

thanks... that's a lot of help. so are you saying to shift down and let the clutch out when braking and that will make it catch earlier??

 

I was saying that if you downshift regularly in your driving habits that your clutch will grab more consistently when you want to beat the crap out of it and treat it like the Batmobile.

It also helps saves your brakes to use the motor to assist your decelerations. Just don't go bouncing your rev limiter on the downshift, you want to hit a 3-4k rpm range when downshifting, and don't try downshifting into first, forcing it will break a roll pin and could wear out synchro's.

 

Yes that is what he is saying. I have been getting some slip lately, so im going to try that as well.

 

I always have downshifted since I started driving and it definitely is a plus in the s**t winter weather as well since you are using the engine to help you slow down too.

Takes some practice...but done right it does not hurt the car at all.