Clutch Adjustment Ke35 4age

[thcraig87]

Morning All

 

Just need some help. I have a KE35 with a 4AGE 100KW, T50 gear box (bought it last year from Mikoolz, Sydney). I'm having troubles with the clutch. It has been converted to a hydraulic clutch and is relatively new, the old cable adjustment was just a clip on the cable at the firewall, but now I fear its a little more complex. I have had nearly no free travel at the top of the clutch now for a while and have been puting off fixing it, it has finally started to slip (only when accelerating hard when rolling) and I now have no free travel at all. I checked out the slave cylinder this morning and all seems good.

 

My questions are:

Does it sound like just an adjustment problem? What else might it be?

How can I adjust the clutch to give me more free travel at the top? (Need a bit of detail because I'm a bit useless, still learning)

 

Thanks

Craig

[Tazrolla]

bit strange for you to have no travel at all it ya got a hydraulic clutch... however you could try just releaseing some of the presure by cracking the bleeder on ya slave cyclinder do this by opening it for a split second only too long and you'll have no clutch

 

if no fluid comes out you may need to leave it cracked while you slightly press the clutch in (bout an inch or 2) then tightned the bleeder and see if thats made any difference

[parrot]

On a factory hydraulic set up, there is usually some adjustment at the pedal end of the master cylinder actuating rod. i.e. High up under the dash. In this case, you just take out the clevis pin and adjust it so you have enough slack prior to take up.

 

But it's impossible to know how this was done. Presumably there was some welding and cutting of clutch pedals to suit the change from cable to hydraulic. Depends on whether it was done well or not.

[blktoy35]

if its anything like my set up in the ae35 the clutch master from a ta22 has an adjustment fork in the cabin at the pedal..... if the clutch is grabbing high up and you want it to grab lower, you may need to loosen the screw or pin and spin the fork clockwise maybe 2 times, should grab closer to the floor.

also try bleeding the system have someone hold the clutch in and from the slave undo the bleed screw might see bubbles if air in system and then fluid. tighten it then release the clutch pedal... might need to repeat this a few times. don't let the master run empty of brake fluid.

Edited August 28, 2010 by blktoy35

[thcraig87]

Thanks for the help. Slave cylinder was fine. I blead it and there was no bubbles, which is good. I had a look where the pedals are and found the adjustment on the pedal. Just took off a lock nut, screwed it in a bit and put the nut back on. Its all good. Got heaps of free travel above and below now, no slipping.

 

Its funny how sometimes the easy things turn out to take you all day, then you set time aside for something that you think will be difficult and it literally takes 5 mins.

 

Cheers for the help