On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:19:41 +1100, Xeno >
wrote:

>On 28/01/2018 8:47 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:37:44 +1100, Xeno >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/01/2018 1:47 PM, Mad Roger wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:13:56 -0800,
>>>> Oren wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why is it you think the clutch pedal "feel" is not an aspect of the
>>>>> adjustment? The throw out bearing needs to release from the clutch
>>>>> plate in the bell housing. You can't adjust it by a ruler. You need
>>>>> a little slop in the pedal so the plate is not always engaged at the
>>>>> risk of burning the plate.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...at least back in the day. Two cents.
>>>>
>>>> It's not my vehicle, and the "feel" stinks no matter what position it's in.
>>>
>>> The feel doesn't stink just because *you* don't like it.
>>>>
>>>> What changes is that it engages early, or late, but not in a way that I
>>>> like either way.
>>>
>>> It will either take up early or it will take up late. It cannot do both,
>>> either one or the other. Clutches simply cannot work the way you are
>>> imagining they do.
>>>>
>>>> So I can't adjust it by feel because there is no position that feels right
>>>> to me.
>>>
>>> This is a situation where pedancy will stuff you up right royally.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I just want to adjust it by the book.
>>>
>>> Do you have the *book* handy? If not, you are lost.
>>>
>>> The method used to adjust a clutch will depend entirely on the mechanism
>>> employed. There are 3 general possibilities in common use; hydraulic,
>>> cable, mechanical linkage. Each of those will have variants and the
>>> differences will make a difference to how and where it is adjusted.
>>>
>>> Best you get to it and RTFM.
>>>>
>>>> If only I knew what to measure as I think it's for a millimeter or two of
>>>> 'slop' between the rounded end of the bolt and the master cylinder piston
>>>> cup.
>>>>
>>>> But I don't feel that slop in any case.
>>>
>>> If you can't feel the play, it doesn't have any.
>>>
>>> If it is meant to have play, then fix it so it does.
>>>
>>>> And I don't know where to measure it either.
>>>
>>> For master cylinder clearance - At the pedal pushrod in most cases.
>>> For slave cylinder clearance - at the slave cylinder in most cases.
>>>>
>>>> Hence the question.
>>>>
>> Better than 90% of vehicles with standard transmissions today have
>> NO MANUAL ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS.
>>
>> Mad MaX is an IDIOT.
>>
>Yep, manufacturing tolerances have improved out of sight in recent years.


It's got very little to do with "manufacturer's tollerances" -
althought they ARE a lot better. The main thing is they are "self
adjusting"