Need help on a clutch fork/cable problem
10-23-2012, 06:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Alabama
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Need help on a clutch fork/cable problem
Hey everyone, new to the site and I have a problem.
A few months back I felt a pop in my clutch pedal on the way home and then it felt "squishy", it was very hard to shift after that. I got home, was looking it over with a friend, pushed in the clutch again and the cable snapped. Turned out the pivot stud was worn down and the clutch fork slipped off, causing tension in the cable. I put in a new steeda cable, high performance throwout bearing, and a new ford clutch fork.
On my way to work this morning I heard a noise when I pressed the clutch in, almost like metal threads popping and stretching. It became very hard to shift after that.
It's a '96 GT mustang with an '03 GT engine+transmission. What could have gone wrong for this to be a reoccurring problem?
-Ben
A few months back I felt a pop in my clutch pedal on the way home and then it felt "squishy", it was very hard to shift after that. I got home, was looking it over with a friend, pushed in the clutch again and the cable snapped. Turned out the pivot stud was worn down and the clutch fork slipped off, causing tension in the cable. I put in a new steeda cable, high performance throwout bearing, and a new ford clutch fork.
On my way to work this morning I heard a noise when I pressed the clutch in, almost like metal threads popping and stretching. It became very hard to shift after that.
It's a '96 GT mustang with an '03 GT engine+transmission. What could have gone wrong for this to be a reoccurring problem?
-Ben
10-23-2012, 11:51 AM
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TECH SAVANT
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
Posts: 10,938
Is it an adjustable cable? If so were the adjusting/dome nut and jam nut installed correctly, both on the backside of the release lever?
this is the correct way:
this is the wrong way:
which will generally cause the cable to break like this:
If installed the wrong way the adjustable stud is not free to pivot in the release lever, this concentrates stress in the cable where it is crimped into the stud causing the cable to fail...
this is the correct way:
this is the wrong way:
which will generally cause the cable to break like this:
If installed the wrong way the adjustable stud is not free to pivot in the release lever, this concentrates stress in the cable where it is crimped into the stud causing the cable to fail...
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