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On 17 Jun 2005 at 22:53, fess wrote: > In my '72 Light sider. > I had to adjust the clutch a few turns. It was at the bottom of the > pedal, and starting to give me trouble getting in gear. [ I guess it > wanted to be like my '67's hydraulic clutch. ] As the clutch disk wears it is normal for the cable to tighten up and need to be loosened. If it suddenly needs to be tightened, it almost certainly means that a strand has broken and more are on their way. While I find that clutch cables generally last forever, some eventually break. I have new ones if you need one. > Item 2: > > While i was at it I decided to finally do something about the pedal > assembly which seemed to flop generally to far forward, eyeballing the > pedal stop, it was all the way back in it's slot, so plenty of room for > adjustment. I assume you mean "rearward." ;-) The stop should be adjusted to leave just a bit of free play between the master cylinder pushrod and the master cylinder piston. DON'T adjust the pushrod; that is set at the factory to compensate for tolerance buildup in the assembly of the pan and should never be changed. Lack of play there will lead to a followup question about brake problems. ;-) > Is there some secret to getting the pedal backing plate in and out > without having to bend it? Yes, remove the gas pedal from its hinge first. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~