stanglx2002

I have been having problems with my clutch cable stretching. I have a firewall adjuster so i keep on adjusting the cable and after a few months it frays or stretches to far to engage in any gears. i have been though 5 cables and they have all done this please help i need to get another cable. Also everytime i have this problem the cable doesnt slide smoothly back and forth anymore you have to pull and push the cable to move it. Please help

cammedlx

What kind of cables are you running.The best cable's avalible is a factory ford cable,but you will have to order it through a delarship and it is alittle costly,but by now you could of done bought one.

stanglx2002

Ford doesnt make a adjustable clutch cable i dont have the stock plastic quadrant on anymore i upgraded to the billet quad and added the firewall adjuster too for added adjustability. The thing thats getting me is when i get a new cable the cable moves freely but when i start to have problems and then it messes up the cable doesnt move freely anymore you have to pull the cable just to get it to move please help i dont know what the problem is and im going today to mustangs unlimited to get another cable. I dont want to buy a cable every couple months

i get the cable right where i want it between the top and the height of the brake pedal when it engages that where it needs to be right. then the cable stretches and i cant get it into 1st and reverse to i tighten the cable and a few months later the cable is shot

mdvaldosta

Maybe over adjusting the clutch? Then everytime you mash the clutch pedal to the floor your putting a hurting on the cable... you need to make sure you still have a little slack in the pedal after you adjust the cable.

stanglx2002

im going to try that with my new cable thanks im going to get a new one this afternoon

birdman076

I bought a Steeda Adjustable cable to replace mine when it broke, I do not have the firewall adjuster but I do have the billet quadrant. Been on for 4 months now, no problems. It was alot thicker and better made overall then the adjustable one I took off. Funny thing was, I got it at the local speed shop cheaper then from Steeda direct lol. Well worth the money though, a real quality piece and no problems with clearing my LT headers.

vfast

are you tighting both nuts to keep from loose'in?

stanglx2002

yes i tighten both nuts and put 240 lock tight on it too

so do you think i have been tightening the cable to much bc on either end of the clutch cable there is plastic build-up from where the cable has been rubbing

vfast

who made the cable?

stanglx2002

the new one i got is made by grantelli. i have had 3 different brands and they all have done the same thing