NewEdgeStang00

So I just did the "self-adjusting" clutch routine (put foot under clutch pedal, gently pull up until pedal stops. Push clutch pedal down slowly until you hear a click as clutch adjusts itself.)

Can you only do this once at a time? (Without adjusting anything else)
I did this once and now I can't do it again, I can't pull up on the clutch pedal anymore no more how much I pull on it. And whenever I press down all the way (while driving or not driving) there's the same soft "click" noise like it made when self-adjusting.

NewEdgeStang00

Here's a picture of the quadrant/teeth. I gave it a look over and doesn't look like anything's broken. But can't pull up on the clutch pedal now

dawson1112

You first have to understand what pulling the clutch pedal up does . It momentarily disengages the paw from the quadrant, this releases the tension on the cable. Other wise a new clutch installment would not fully disengage. As the clutch plate wears , the clutch pressure plate spring fingers start to protrude closer to the throw out bearing. This gradually increases tension on the cable , and at a certain point the tention on the cable becomes greater than the tension that holds the paw against the quadrant, at witch time any subsequent use of the clutch pedal with cause the quadrant to slip a tooth on the paw and allow the correct amount of slack on the cable to be released. This is to ensure clutch pressure plate is allowed to squeeze the clutch plate enough to keep engagement. Other wise the clutch would start to slip more and more.

The reason your not able to pull the clutch up again is because the cable is correctly adjusted per factory specs and will automatically self adjust as the clutch wears. If you were to depress the pedal to the floor with your hand and hold the quadrant in place with a long flat bladed screw driver and then lift the pedal up you would her it ratchet the paw up the quadrant. Now if you pulled the pedal up with your foot again it would let out that tension once again.

NewEdgeStang00

Thank you SO much Dawson, this was the exact answer I was looking for!