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[Drew McCrae]

Hi, My clutch engages very very close to the floor (but doesn't appear to drag). Having read through previous posts it seems my arm never gets vertical like desired.

I've read the haynes and they talk about pulling out the arm until free movement is taken up and then setting the stop. When I pull the arm I'm clearly stretching the cylinder, and then if under clearance of 0.5mm it will spring back against the stop. Is this correct? To me it seems that the plates are sitting very close and I'm not getting enough stroke. Throwout is set with the clutch depressed as advised.

Stuck in how to move the bite point up?

[nicklouse]

What do you mean by stretching the cylinder? You can’t.

vertical? Rarely.

 

Don’t forget to remove the spring.

[Spider]

Can I suggest setting the stop by first removing the spring, then pull the arm out by hand, it will only need the lightest touch, wind the adjustment bolt head (the one that takes the 7/16" spanner) out until it touches the arm, then wind it back 1/4 turn and lock it off at that. Replace the spring.

 

If that doesn't do it, then there's other issues.

[Drew McCrae]

Yeah. Stretching the cylinder doesn't make sense. I'll try do as you suggest.
Thanks a lot

[slidehammer]

Silly point, but you are sure there is no air in the hydraulics and the master and slave cylinder seals are fine? You can check the slave by pulling back the boot to see if dry and look up under the dash with a torch to see if the master cylinder has leaked at all.