Clutch Bracket Dramas

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:10 am

dunno who can pick whats wrong here but neway its breaking on me.

really sucks

i need some way of fixing it which can be done with the limited room to move and hard to reach place that it is already.

if u dont no this type of setup the cable sits over these brackets and another plate clamps on top of it suppose to hold the outer cable still while u push the pedal to move the inner cable. but becuase of the beefed up pressure plate its putting to much stress on the weak brackets that are down there and they are now breaking.

whos got some ideas on what i can do?

ill get some pics tomorrow of how the cable actually attaches down there also

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:24 am

Idea... GET AN L SERIES CLUTCH CABLE!!!!

They nut and bolt onto the side of the pedal box so this bracket system wont even be used... infact u need to cut it off. The top bolt hole i can see in the pic is one of the holes u can use... drill one more hole and bolt it in and it should be solved.

Dave

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:39 am

hes quite right but u can c where the bracket in the pic has cracked

yes get a L series 1

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:51 am

a new L series clutch cable from subi is $95 n it has to come from the east

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Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:12 am

using an Lseries thingo wuld that mean i need a bracket off of an Lseries?
or can i make one if i find some crap in my dads shed?

i have Tristans old clutch cable outta his car is this completely different to an Lseries?

and tristan im guessing thats Retail price? so i can get it cheaper

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:14 pm

SuBaRiNo wrote:Idea... GET AN L SERIES CLUTCH CABLE!!!!

They nut and bolt onto the side of the pedal box so this bracket system wont even be used... infact u need to cut it off. The top bolt hole i can see in the pic is one of the holes u can use... drill one more hole and bolt it in and it should be solved.

Dave

i dont have a drill that can get in there.....or a grinder to get the old crap out.

how did u do it?

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:27 pm

u undo the 6 bolts and take the hole pedal box out

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:18 pm

matt wont do that..hes too ****n lazy

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:40 pm

90brumby wrote:u undo the 6 bolts and take the hole pedal box out

wt r u on about my setup is completely different to rus there aint no pedal box

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:18 pm

Matt yes u do have a pedal box... the entire thing comes out very easily. Mine used to be exactly the same as yours.

And the mounts for the L cable require u to make nothing... there is a mount that is hard attached to the clutch cable. This WILL come with the new L series cable.

All u need to do is remove your pedal box.... cut off them brackets that are on there now.... use one of the existing bolt holes for one of the mounts and drill one hole to nut and bolt the other.

I will take a pic of mine for you... will post pics in like an hour.

EASY

Dave

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:30 pm

Here... do this.

I hope this helps

Dave

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:00 pm

MIG Welder.........had a problem with my old VL Commodore and when the MIG's first came out this crash repair place (Ray Allen) in Townsville welded my clutch hanger, we had a few wet potato sacks around the area to stop sparks going anywhere and it took him about 30mins as he had to go slowly.

Worth looking at if you want to keep it standard.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:20 pm

He has an ej22 motor... i don't think standard is an issue... lol

Dave

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:49 pm

subarino
do u have any problems with the pedel box flexing

i thought it would so i welded a peice of plate where the orignal mount was and im going to tap out the plate to attach the lseries cable

ill put piccys up when i finish it mabey tommorow

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:32 pm

No my pedal box has always been fine... Even with my beafed up clutch.

To give you some idea on how beafy my clutch is... i have broken 2 clutch forks and i can only run the existing clutch now because i have had 5mm plate welded to it to strengthen it. But no i have not needed to mod the cable or pedal box more than you can see in my photo.

Dave

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:39 pm

i cant tell from ur pic dave but did u adapt some sort of a pedal stop into it. my pedal keeps tryna come out all the way coz theres nothing to stop it like the rubber bushing kinda long thing on the old cable.

mattl200 · Post by **mattl200** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:50 pm

this is what i done

and my orignal bracket was differant to what u guys have

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:59 pm

clutch problems all gone now..good work by myself if i dont say so

had to devise a very sophistimacated pedal stop or trying to adjust it wuld make the cable at teh pedal side keep gettin pulled back in and cause the pedal to end up liek twice as high as the break pedal...but all good now.

clutchs moves so smoothly now (wheres all those ppl who said my fork broke

i proved u all wrong

)

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:02 am

sounds good, the proof is when it keeps working when ur in the middle of the bush :P

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:11 am

lol well it will get a testing this weekend its takign a trip down south to Pingelly (like 140 ks or sumthin frm me) probly be camping there and get some cruising done thru the bush.

some may say its crazy to take it that far when its only been like a total of 20ks so far with the new (but old) engine in but i say its going