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Old 10-29-2006, 05:22 PM
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i have a king cobra pressure plate, and use a center force disc, i have a king cobra kit (disc, & pressure plate) and it was hard as hell, then i took it back out and found out that the clutch release bearing retainer (the shaft that the throw out bearing rides on) wear out with normal usage, and mine had a nice wear patern on it, lay it on a table and see if there is any high/low spots in it... replaced it with a steel retainer and it fixed the problem, well atleast for 2k miles when i killed the clutch, and yes i broke in the clutch properly and still killed it in 3k miles
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Old 10-29-2006, 05:50 PM
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You could overheated the clutch or something and now the pressure plate fingers got harder.
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Old 10-29-2006, 05:53 PM
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doesnt the king cobra clutch advertise less pedal effort than stock?
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Old 10-29-2006, 06:02 PM
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Yeah I know mine is
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Old 10-29-2006, 06:07 PM
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I had the King Cobra clutch and it was a little stiffer, but it wasn't so hard that I broke cables and stuff. I would check for a bent retainer, they do offer a steel retainer upgrage. Sounds like there is too much resistance causing a hard pedal, but not the clutch itself.
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Old 10-29-2006, 11:14 PM
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I'm running a king cobra with a steeda quad/firewall adjuster/cable set-up. I'ts easier than stock. Like someone else suggested, you should check your cable to be sure it's not kinked anywhere. If you're running an old cable set-up with the factory plastic quadrant, I would recomend dumping it for billet and replacing the cable. While you're there, throw some graphite in the cable before you install it. Either way, you shouldn't be having problems with it because of the clutch. Good luck with it[sm=burnout.gif]
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Old 10-30-2006, 02:16 PM
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Ive never drove a mustang with a stock clutch, my KC clutch isnt overly hard to push in. Since I have had it I have snapped one cable though. It was a summit brand cable, since then I went with the BBK cable and quadrent and got the firewall adjuster. Didnt make the pedal any easier to push, but it hasnt broke on me either
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Old 10-30-2006, 02:54 PM
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yeah im gonna try the BBK cable and quadrant. should be here tomarrow
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Old 10-30-2006, 06:22 PM
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get the firewall adjuster!! makes things SOOO much nicer. have your clutch adjusted perfect the first day, and wont have to crawl under it except to hook the new cable up
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Old 10-30-2006, 06:26 PM
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MY KC clutch was easy to push. Not stiff at all. Fried it a few weeks ago at the track.
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