Ok so I was driving home from work today and some spring burst out from under the dashboard while I was engaging the clutch and I felt a vibration through the pedal. I can't feel a difference in the resistance of the pedal. What does this spring do? Make it easier to push or harder?

 

It's an "overcenter" spring -- it helps return the pedal to the up position during the top part of pedal travel and helps push the pedal down at the lower part of the pedal travel. Some folks remove the spring altogether, but the factory recommends against that. A C5 spring is slightly different in size and gives a better clutch pedal feel. Do a search and you'll find a lot of comment.

 

It's likely the clutch pedal return assist spring. You should be able to drive the car until you replace it. Some guys prefer driving without the return assist spring altogether and some opt to use the C5 spring instead of the spring for the C6. Here's some information that should help. You could also do a search as this is a well discussed subject here on the forum.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...ing-in-c6.html
GM Part No. 10376347

It's very easy to replace. I'd put a pad down on the lower door sill as you almost need to lie on your back to reach up where it goes. Chances are half the spring is still there. I'd look up there before you remove the rest of the spring to see where the replacement spring goes. I replaced mine a couple months ago and elected to use the OEM C6 spring...I didn't feel the need to change to the C5 spring and I didn't notice any advantages to driving without the spring.

Here's another forum member's instructions for replacing the spring:

A flat bladed screwdriver pops the outer ends out of the two fixed bushings with just a bit of a prying motion. Then you can just lift the spring middle out of the plastic slot on the pedal lever.

The new C5 spring is flexible enough that you can squeeze the two outer ends toward each other. Put one outer end in one of the fixed bushings, then squeeze the spring by hand and pop the other end in the other bushing.

Now to get the middle of the spring in the slot. Push the clutch pedal all the way down with one hand (don't worry, the average 12-year-old girl is strong enough to push the pedal down with one hand.)

With your other hand, wrap your index finger around behind one spring coil and your middle finger around the other spring coil, with your palm facing up, and just pull the spring toward you until the middle of the spring slides into position and drops into the slot.

 

great info on the sping ..its a heads up for me .

 

C5 spring

 

Thanx for all the help guys, i'll shimmie under there and fix that.. Whats the benefit or difference of the C5 spring?

 

mine fell off moths ago, as long as the clutch worked i ignored it