Clutch disk adjustment

[César Morgan]

Hello everyone!
Well, my Gf has a issue with the clutch pedal of her 1990 Daihatsu Charade. Everyone thinks she just can’t drive, but in fact, the clutch pedal has issues. When she is starting to move, and releases the clutch pedal, the car starts moving very hard. We did some testing to the pedal, and we found out that having it half depressed is just the same as having it fully depressed, and then just moving it a little bit, makes the car stall. Is there some way to adjust that?

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[Shaun Flichel]

I’m wondering if the slave cylinder is wonky, you will have to get in there and watch its movement

[César Morgan]

ok, I’ll be prepared… I will try to keep you posted on what we found…

[Shaun Flichel]

any strange noises? when was the clutch last replaced?

[college man]

see if this helps.

http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-transmission-problems

[valde]

[quote=”TheXDS” post=75715]We did some testing to the pedal, and we found out that having it half depressed is just the same as having it fully depressed, and then just moving it a little bit, makes the car stall. Is there some way to adjust that?[/quote]

Sorry but I can’t quite understand what’s the problem. Clutch pedal normally has its slipping area in the center and its normally only small portion of pedal movement.

Test the clutch master cylinder by putting on handbrake (engine idling) pressing clutch pedal to floor (car in 5th gear). Then lift clutch pedal a little then pressing it back down then lifting it little repeat this at least 20 times. If there is something wrong with clutch master cylinder each time you do this less you can lift pedal and finally car just stalls.
I did fix one Kia with hard to use clutch by replacing clutch master cylinder. And in one Toyota problem was firs hard to use clutch and then clutch master broke completely.

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