Clutch to hard

[93green_gt]

93 mustang gt, 5-speed

I think it all started after about a 45min of bubper to bumber traffic(Jun or July), the next day I felt the diffrence a harder than usual clutch pedal. While at a still I will have to massage first gear( clutch pedal to the metal) while moving no problem( clutch pedal abaut half way pressed). Now the firewall has a two to three inch crack close to the clutch cable. Have never replaced the clutch ever scince I bought the car(3-years ago).

Has a new UPR clutch cable, and a aftermarket aluminum hunch thing that replaces the stock plastic one.

Can it be the clutch? I am pretty sure the cable moves freely. Can it be where the clutch bearing moves, that it could be worn out? I know they sell after market ones.

 

[samickguy15]

I would replace the cable to start with. It's cheap and easy(relative for both). If that does nothing for you, check to make sure the quadrant(replaced the plastic piece) is installed correctly and is not creating a binding with the cable.

Mine was an E-bay special and due to my lack of intelligence through the first two cables, I realized I needed to re-align the quadrant and cable. All I did was remove all the washers I used as spacers and left one washer on the inside and one on the outside so it wouldn't walk out of place. That helped some.

If that doesn't help, I think the next step is to drop the transmission and take a look at the fork and the pressure plate. You can get a fork and cable from Ford Motorsport for around $50-75 IIRC.

 

[SuperStang83]

I would start iwth the cable as well, it seems like a lot of clutch problems start with the cable.

 

[skunk21]

when I first bought my stang she had a really stiff clutch, I mean awful and it creaked. I relplaced it with a maximum motorsports oem non adjustable and it made a world of differance!! I also later sprung for the quadrant and fwa from them.

oem cable is the only way to go for a mustang.

 

[90lxcoupe]

i had the same problem 2 times, the cable binds up in the sleeve sometimes, i use a steeda adjustable cable and have had no problems. i'd defintily be worried about that crack in the firewall though, that cant be a good thing!

 

[BK_CAULEY]

you said you drov ein in heavy trafic for a while. where you riding i t hard or letting traffic mov ethen progressing? did you smell the clutch burning any?

 

[baldy1]

Fix the crack in the firewall. When you step the clutch the cracked firewall moves to far not allowing the clutch to disengage. The 90's F-150 has the same problem but they have a fix for it. never seen one crack on a stang. So fix the crack first then go from there

 

[2000xp8]

Make sure the header is not burning the cable, that will do it.

 

[93green_gt]

Problem SOLVED. I was seeing things erly morning because the fire wall was not cracked. The stiffness ended up being the friction in the clutch cable. Just lubricated the cable and whala. I must say I was thinking the worst. Thanks, to all.