Clutch adjustment

Driving home from some really fun greenlaning today my clutch started to slip, was slipping a bit early on but got really bad just a couple of miles from home, just about made it. It's not the first time it's happened, got it adjusted last time, cable was too tight.

Looked up how to adjust it when I got back.

Is it just the plastic adjuster on the gear box??

Ha looks so easy, propper stress trying to drive it through london! Anyone know why the cable would get tight, I thought they get loose, more play as the clutch wears?

Atleast looks like an easy fix though unless it's seized

Cheers

rexthecat wrote: Driving home from some really fun greenlaning today my clutch started to slip, was slipping a bit early on but got really bad just a couple of miles from home, just about made it. It's not the first time it's happened, got it adjusted last time, cable was too tight.

Looked up how to adjust it when I got back.

Is it just the plastic adjuster on the gear box??

Ha looks so easy, propper stress trying to drive it through london! Anyone know why the cable would get tight, I thought they get loose, more play as the clutch wears?

Atleast looks like an easy fix though unless it's seized


Cheers

Sorry cant help on adjustment But good meeting you guys and a good day was had

Vinnie

"Ha looks so easy, propper stress trying to drive it through london! Anyone know why the cable would get tight, I thought they get loose, more play as the clutch wears?"
No it gets tighter as clutch wears so you need to loosen it.

Yup cheers, looks simple enough to adjust, how do you know how much to adjust, from what I've put together from youtube seems to be slacken it right off then hand tighten the cable till you feel the resistance, try the cluch a c couple of times readjust if there's any more play. Sound bout right?

Grand day had by all i think, really enjoyed it, cheers all.

Sorry, in spanish

When I tried to adjust mine, I managed to turn the nut about half a turn and then just wound the cable up, then held the cable with mole grips but still no joy, didnt want to use WD or similar as the nut is plastic....any ideas?

Thanks all for the help, slackened it off and got the clutch back...grand! Took it for a test, under hard normal driving it was fine no sign of slip, that was driving harder than I normally would and as hard accelerating as speed cameras on the A12 would allow in all gears. So basically seems all good.

I did find a bit of road in an industrial estate I could push it harder and under max revs I could get it to slip in 4th, that's ragging it through the gears basically, its 1.6

So.....I'm thinking do I change it, its a 3 paddle cluch and about 6 months old, but I did get propper stuck in deep mud at one point a while back. I'm taking it down to brighton to get it lifted, its a bit of a way and just thinking maybe get it done if its likely to go

Any thoughts?

Oh by the way on the we question it was recommended to me and worked fine, the adjuster is only plastic so too much force will bust it anyhow I reckon