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 Posted: 04-14-2005 11:43 pm
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Mark Rosenbaum



Joined: 03-12-2005
Location: Kingman, Arizona USA
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 I just went out and checked the clutch on my car, which has a 4-speed and the original clutch.  The pedal moves about 6 or 7 inches (which isn't really all that unusual), and takes roughly 20 to 30 pounds force to operate -- quite significant if pushing by hand but by no means what I would call excessive.  When driving the car, I find the clutch pedal quite light although the clutch itself seems a bit slow.

If your clutch needs more force than this, something isn't right -- I'd suspect a throwout lever not properly seated on its pivot, a throwout bearing sticking on the tranny input shaft, a pressure plate that is either incorrectly installed or defective in some way, a friction plate whose torsion spring has come loose and is jamming up the works, or a misalignment of some sort between engine, flywheel/clutch, and transmission.