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  • Start date Start date Dec 11, 2004

GToddyT5

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My T45 is almost a year and a half old, same as the Dual Friction clutch. Recently, it seems as though my clutch or something has gone out of alignment. When the clutch is depressed the car is kind of in neutral, but not totally I think. I depress it and try to put the car in 1st with much struggling. Before it goes in, the car will move forward a little bit. The same thing is happening in reverse, when trying to put it in, the car will move a tad backwards. I can't get it to go into reverse at all, even with pulling on the shifter handle with two hands. I have a Tri-ax shifter by the way. OK...now when I'm driving, I'll try to switch the gears and they won't switch until the revs are at around 1800. It's about the same for every gear. I should also mention I have 3.73s and a UPR adjustable quadrant. The cable is on the hook nearest to the driver. It's the triple hook quadrant. The quadrant and cable were done over the summer. I was experimenting today. Once I got the car moving I wouldn't use the clutch anymore. It behaved the same whether or not I used the clutch or not, meaning, the RPM at which it would go into gear would be the same either way. This is really annoying and it's gotten progressively worse since it started becoming hard to shift a few days ago. Is my clutch out of alignment? What should I do?
 

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I am bringing this thread back from the dead because my car just started doing this as well. I also have the dual friction clutch. It seemed to get a lot better after I adjusted the cable tighter. I have a firewall adjuster and quadrant, though. Anyone else have input on what could cause this problem? My car doesn't move forward before I get it in gear, but at a rest it will not want to go into any gear.
 

GToddyT5

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The problem with my car my adjustable clutch cable was out of alignment. The two nuts on the bolt that connects to the clutch fork were backing out. I tightened them up and readjusted my firewall adjuster and it was fine.
 
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