Jville808

Hey everyone, I've got another question that seems to pop up a lot. I've done my searches and found it's a common issue but found no definitive answers to it.

I just installed a Steeda double hook quadrant and firewall adjuster on my 93 GT. I kept the stock cable. I've got the cable attached to the top hook of the quadrant (closest to the firewall) and the firewall adjuster turned all the way in and I still had to use a prybar to get the cable reattached to the clutch fork. (about 1/2") There is no adjustment on this thing whatsoever. The clutch pedal is harder now than it was before. I installed all of this because I hated the amount of effort needed to use the clutch. Now I'm almost scared to drive it in fear of snapping the cable, not to mention the pressure being applied to the clutch fork even when the pedal isn't depressed.

Where do I go from here? I've already taken everything back apart, lubed the cable, checked the routing and all that. It's obvious that the approx. 1/2" "height" of the firewall adjuster even when its all the way in is making the difference in pedal feel. Is this a sign that my clutch is bad? Any way to get some more life out of it so I can drive this thing a little before jumping into a clutch install, like a longer cable or adjustable cable? I've read nothing good about adjustable cables.

This thing isn't my daily driver, but I'm getting a ton of work done on it at a few different shops in the next few weeks and don't need the hold up atm figuring out how to install a new clutch. (if thats what it truly needs)

Any help or advice is appreciated.

mjr46

get a new cable and make it the steeda adjustable one

StalkerGT

You can't use a stock cable with that quadrant and adjuster...I've tried using a stock cable with just an aluminum quadrant before and wouldn't work. You have to use an adjustable cable

Jville808

good to know. thanks!

camaroeater

I got the same stuff on the way, along with a cable. When researching on this i found others saying that it doesn't work right with the stock cable. I ordered the ford racing cable, but I read a lot of good things about the stock cable replacement from Maximum Motorsports.

rag-top_man

I have a stock cable w/firewall adjuster and aluminum quadrant. my clutch works perfect. the supposed "competition heavy duty cable" that came in the kit failed in a week! tried the stock cable(to get by) and its worked ever since.you need a little clearence between the throw out bearing and the pressure plate fingers to get full clamping force on the clutch disc while not burning up the throw out bearing. did you remove the spacer off of the firewall end of the stock cable?

Boss_Hotrod

Ive had 2 ford racing cables break within 2000 miles, junk. The MM cable is an OE cable. Im running their setup and it works great.