snapped clutch pedal return spring needs fix
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Instructor
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From: Westport CT
snapped clutch pedal return spring needs fix
How can this spring be replaced and fixed?
I am trying to post a picture of the piece of black multi-coiled spring that snapped off when depressing my clutch.
You can see it when looking up under the pedals. One end is still attached to the pedal and an aluminum brace.
the link to the image is here.
thanks.
I am trying to post a picture of the piece of black multi-coiled spring that snapped off when depressing my clutch.
You can see it when looking up under the pedals. One end is still attached to the pedal and an aluminum brace.
the link to the image is here.
thanks.
Last edited by Blue LS1-LT1; Nov 15, 2006 at 09:35 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: PNW
Just buy a new one and install it. I don't have the "trick" to installing it, but I remember some saying it's not too difficult.
A lot of guys remove that spring to help get a better feel for the clutch.
A lot of guys remove that spring to help get a better feel for the clutch.
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Instructor
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From: Westport CT
Well, the clutch pedal feels lighter because half the return spring snapped off and is missing.
Why is it there in the first place if it's okay to leave it off now that it's broken?
Why is it there in the first place if it's okay to leave it off now that it's broken?
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The spring is there to make daily driving easy and to make the clutch easier to push in and hold down. However... a side effect is that it is one of the main contributors to a stickey clutch pedal in hard shifting. The spring holds the pedal down (how it makes it easy to push in) and slows the uptake when speed shifting.
Pull it completely out... then go drive, you will probably love it out.
I had mine out for 2 years after it broke... loved it. They decided to try it back in to see how easy it was. It did make stop/go driving a bit nicer but the instant I went to the drag strip my sticky pedal was back. Then at VIR the pedal would hang up w/ every heel/toe downshift.
So... out it came and problem gone, clutch back to perfect.
Pull it completely out... then go drive, you will probably love it out.
I had mine out for 2 years after it broke... loved it. They decided to try it back in to see how easy it was. It did make stop/go driving a bit nicer but the instant I went to the drag strip my sticky pedal was back. Then at VIR the pedal would hang up w/ every heel/toe downshift.
So... out it came and problem gone, clutch back to perfect.
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