clutch help fast

Well first things first, is everything installed correctly? If so you need to adjust the clutch, try pressing clutch to the floor and sidestepping while in neutral, it might adjust. If not you need to get quadrant and firewall adjuster.

Is it hard to get into gear?

Might sound stupid try pulling on cable at firewall than push clutch pedal than let your foot slide of pedal so clutch can snap back try acouple of times if pedal feels to hard pull up hard on clutch pedal.this is in the fine print

chech your harmonic balancer first.

Ok the first thing you need to do is pull up on the clutch pedal and let the auto adjuster try to take up the slack.

This is most likely not the cause of your vibration problem but that might fix your slack issue, if not then you could have a problem with the clutch fork being bent


Are you sure the vibration is not a misfire? Once you get the slack issue fixed you need to see if it is firing on all 8


Last thing how did you install the clutch to the flywheel..


Did you torque in sequence bringing down each bolt a little at a time then moving on to the next until bottomed out and then final torqued to bring the pressure plate down even?

If not you could have a damaged pressure plate

atrainsgt said:

I lifted the pedal and let the self adjuster do its job and its maxed out, that doesn't concern me, its this vibration. I always torque down everything a little at a time and do it evenly in a star pattern(its not my first clutch install). The engine is running smooth, its certainly not a misfire. Could it be that the clutch assembly is not balanced? I think I'm going to order a Fidanza aluminum flywheel and reinstall that everything else with my old clutch assembly. Any more thoughts are appreciated!

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yeah it could be a misbalance.. also try a different quadrant for the clutch adjustment or better yet a aftermarket one.


BTW what clutch are you using?

atrainsgt said:

Its a McLeod Super StreetPro Clutch. I found a deal on the Fidanza aluminum flywheels for $270 shipped so I will order that tomorrow. I guess its just one of those things, I always hope for these projects to go smoothly but I that just doesn't always happen.

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Keep us posted, I wish I was there to see the problem first hand, I probably could be more of a help..

Pulling up on pedal will make clutch go lower to floor,try letting pedal snap back.as per vib its clutch or trans both were changed

If you are absolutely sure the vibration isn't motor related(misfire, harmonic balancer) I would think the problem is in your clutch/flywheel. however, you never mentioned this vibration problem in your first few posts. Did it happen after the initial install or later?