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Clutch Pedal Travel

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by curtcanada, May 26, 2012.

  1. May 26, 2012
    curtcanada

    curtcanada L, L, and the POH!

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    Not sure if the type of drivetrain matters; but I'm running a 1970 CJ-5, with a 225 V-6, T-18.

    How far should a "properly installed" clutch allow the pedal travel?
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    All the way.. The clutch arm should rest on the underside of the floor board when up, and the pedal pad should push all the way to the floor when down. Unless you have Hedman headers in which case the clutch arm hits the header just before the pedal reaches bottom.
     
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    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Oh, you's is a '70. Does it have a cable? Shouldn't matter..
     
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    djbutler

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    On a '70 with the cable, the travel is all the way as Patrick described.
    Are you maybe talking about the freeplay in the pedal travel before the TO bearing starts to touch the pressure plate? I set mine at about 1".

    Don
     
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    curtcanada

    curtcanada L, L, and the POH!

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    Oh great! It went to the floor before we swapped a 4 speed in there, and now the resistance maybe gets the pedal halfway down. Nothing blocking it under the floorboard. I haven't messed with the cable adjustment yet; but I assume there's a bigger issue :(
     
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    68BuickV6

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    My '68, with the clutch balanced 2k miles ago has to go to the floor.
     
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    Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

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    I would measure the arm movement too. At the end as well as in the port on the BH. Mine does not move as much as it did before the SM465 and Hydro setup, but with the armchanges and such it moves as much in the port as any of the others I have seen. It also depends on which clutch you put in - the Chevy or Buick setup as they are different setups with the fingers as different depths.
     
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