Skeevy Clutch pedal

[noR]

I heard a nasty sounds, like a spring rubbing on something. ... Maybe it was the sound of a metal cable stretching.

My clutch feels different now.

I have alot of side-to-side play in it, and alot more free-play than it had Friday.

I at the pedal assembly, but that's all I could do was look at it. I didn't really see a direction to go. But I thought it was kind of sad to see the lack of support of the hinge on that side of the assembly.

I wonder if I bent the hinge rod (not likely, right?), or stretched the cable, or did something bad to some pedal-return spring.

Seemed okay for a while, and this morning it seemed bad again. I started to wonder if I'm getting full clutch disengagement; starting being careful about my rev matching and such. And haha, pulling the pedal back out w/my foot between shifts.

Needs lovin'; I just don't know what kind yet.

[fatmobile]

Clutch cable might be wearing through the aluminum support on the trany.
 Sometimes they wear right through the clutch cable casing.

[theman53]

I had the part that holds the cable to the steering column in my old 84 rabbit break. I welded it fast, but I had to take the column out to do it.

[rabbitman]

I had the part that holds the cable to the steering column in my old 84 rabbit break. I welded it fast, but I had to take the column out to do it.

Yup that was my guess.

[noR]

Looks like the funky spring-like noise I heard is strands of the cable coiled/sprung through the firewall.

The funky play is from the hinge; the cylinder bolt deal is kind of tapered on the clutch side. I think the last person to assemble it left off a bushing, and the metal from the pedal's gouged up into the metal from the rod.

A bushing and a new bolt/rod should do it. Would like to replace the pedal too since it's gouged up, but whatever, this'll get by fine for  now.

Adjusted the clutch to take up even more slack (wow it's fully adjusted now), and another cable should arrive in a couple days.
The pedal stuff I need to locate/order.

[bagpipegoatee]

Our clutch cables wear out quickly (especially if you use the higher sprung pressure plate off a 16v for better grip), and if you continue to drive with a worn cable, it breaks your pedal cluster pretty quickly.   It can be welded back up, but the best way is to take it all out to make sure you get all the cracks.