NC - clutch adjustment?

[anon90182272]

@paggers

@Keat63

Personally, I wouldn’t bother with the pedal adjustment, unless some else has tinkered with it in the past and maybe backed it off.

Your’e unlikely to get more than a turn out of the rod.

Its tricky to get to the rod and nuts, and I found that the tiny amount of adjustment i did get out of it, wasn’t notceable on the pedal.

In the end i put mine back.

I had come to the same conclusion after reading on Miata.net that one turn of the rod gives 1/10 of an inch of movement in the pedal position (so about 2.5mm) 

It might be my imagination but it already feels better after a few days of super-plus so that may be all I needed.

 

Yep, I thought any adjustment was going to be so limited it wasn’t worth worrying.  I suspect it’s simply that you’re getting used to it, just like I did, never mind the super plus 

JS

[PDWC]

Now you tell me! With a clunky gear change I had hoped to start with the simple solutions and adjusting the clutch pedal sounded the easiest (Hate working under the car!) A magnetic torch ‘stuck’ to the brake pedal lights up the area beautifully, but getting under the dash is certainly not very easy and I found it impossible to get two hands on the job. Taking the seat out helps tremendously (don’t forget the seat belt warning switch!). Oh, and it will be 10mm and 13mm (not a 12mm) spanners you need.
Too knackered to take it for a drive to see if it was all worth it!

[BrilliantBlackBirdy]

Just adjusted my clutch. Mine needed a 12mm spanner so perhaps they ran out and started using a different size. The 10mm was in the footwell but i could turn the rod by hand so it was not employed. My biting point was so low i’d only managed 2 smooth shifts in the 250 miles of owning this car. Since doing the adjustment it’s made a world of difference. The biting point is now where a normal cars would be so my muscle memory kicked straight in on my first test drive. Smooth changes and rev matching are once again at my command.

Biggest problem was trying to get in there and have a good look at what I was doing. Drivers seat still in but that little panel below the steering wheel was removed. I got in there and had a good up close look and then discovered I couldn’t get out again. I had both arms wedged under the dash board with my face next to the clutch pedal looking up, I cant fully open the door in the garage because it’ll bash Mrs BBBs TT, oh and it’s midnight; i’m a night owl what can i say; so everyone is in bed. Eventually managed to extricate myself after 10 minutes or so. Once I was out adjusting was easily done by feel. Undid the 12mm remembering it’s clockwise from the drivers seat and turn the rod. Clockwise for higher biting point, anti clockwise for lower.