Clutch Quad

MikeZ28 said:

yeah those hooks change the ratio.. so you will get a softer or harder clutch too push..

BTW get a quad and firewall adjuster if your a stick.. the stock quad sucks ass..

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JonJon said:

Both shops I've been to recommended keeping the stock quadrant because it's self adjusting. I kind of wish I kept it stock as I've been having a bitch of a time getting the TOB to stay quiet.

I only replaced everything because I was having weird pedal vibrations after my clutch install. Then later to find out it was a bent input shaft so I could've kept the adjuster/quad stock.

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MikeZ28 said:

john that stock self adjuster is never the correct adjustment.. i drive a lot of other stangs at work... and the auto adjuster is always too loose.. thats most of the reason for the T/O bearing issues..

shops don't like the aftermarket non auto one.. because it's a extra step they have too do... (adjusting it)

if your tob is noisy then bring the adjustment tighter untill the noise goes away.. then get in the car and put it in first gear with the engine running.. slowly let of the pedal and feel where it engages.. you should have atleast 7/8 of a inch free play before the car starts moving... if you dont you will gring the crap out of the syncros on fast upshifts...

i have seen cars come in with the clutch pedal vibrating with the stock quad.. this is because the adjustment is so far off that the t/o beaing is 100 percent off the presuure plate.. ford recomends quad replacement with another POS stock quad when this happens...

trust me the stock quad is horrible..

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MikeZ28 said:

maybe your TOB is too far gone... i have adjusted a few cars with the firewall adjuster and have had no problems doing it.. but i have yet seen th stock quadrant work with any aftermarket clutches... the pedal is always too low...

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MikeZ28 said:

always install a new TOB when doing a clutch.. BTW because somebody works on cars don't mean they know what they are doing... and your sure you had a bent input shaft??? and it was drivable... a vibrating clutch pedal 9-10 times is due too the clutch adjustment being way off...

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JonJon said:

He was recommended by a few Mustang guys in the regional board here.

Something was definately wrong and not clutch adjustment. He put the car on a lift and when you looked at the pressure plate, you could see it wobble. So I asked him if it was an improper install, like improper torquing of the pressure plate? He said he really would rather not take it apart again yet and that he'd been doing clutches for 16+ years and really doubted that was the problem. He said he checked everything else and reluctantly, a week later, took apart the clutch and said everything was perfect. He even said the clutch still looked brand new. That's when he told me he thinks it was the input shaft and dropped the tranny off somewhere to be worked on

This is all over the phone (Except the part where we looked at the pressure plate) since his shop was 40 miles away and I obviously had no car. He was a great guy though, except with returning my calls. Busy guy.


.... which now that i actually think about it, how the hell would the input shaft have any effect on the pressure plate wobbling IN NEUTRAL???
i'm not car savvy enough, maybe i'm misunderstanding something

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MikeZ28 said:

i think you got butt raped ont his one... it sounds too me like he messed up the clutch install and found a way too blame it on somthing else...

ok this is why that sounds BS too me. if only the input shaft was bent then it would be undriveable... the pressure plate is spline fit onto the input shaft so if the input was warped the flywheel would have too be too... how much did he charge you too "FIX" this problem... if you could see it wobble this car must have been undriveable...

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