This has been very helpful! Bought 03 anniv. vert with 4500 mi. and was having hard time speed shifting 1-2 and 3-4 . Adj. cable made shifting easy. I just hope i did not cut to much of the tab off. I basically cut tab (aprox. 7cm) completely off. Everything seems to be fine. Also , pulling up on clutch pedal does not reset clutch adj. on mine, could that be because there is still some slack in cable?
How To Adjust Clutch Cable
- Thread starter jm@ReischePerf
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I beleive once the tab has been removed the reset is disabled. Your setting is permanent.
Someone confirm pls.
Did this today! F@*&ing amazing! I love my clutch.. I was just about to install my UPR triple hooker and adjuster, but F@*& it. Stocker it is.
I also took the slack out the Accelerator pedal cable. Pedals are awesome!
I also took the slack out the Accelerator pedal cable. Pedals are awesome!
kinda. you can get down there and manually unhook it and reset it. i've done it a couple times.
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Well I should have read this sooner. Mine did this at the track yesterday during True Street at Fun Ford in Bristol. I installed a firewall adjuster and quadrant and works great now. Oh well it just costed $50 for the parts there at the UPR tent. Cotter pin went about 1/2" in my finger though.
About bending the bracket - any tips?
If I bend it towards the back of the car and the plastic part with the hook rests against it, is that okay? It clears the gears closer to the firewall.
I have seen comments about making sure one of the parts makes contact with the bracket, or else the gears will slide right past each other...
BTW, about three clicks for me and it is great. Just need to bend tab to make it stay that way..
If I bend it towards the back of the car and the plastic part with the hook rests against it, is that okay? It clears the gears closer to the firewall.
I have seen comments about making sure one of the parts makes contact with the bracket, or else the gears will slide right past each other...
BTW, about three clicks for me and it is great. Just need to bend tab to make it stay that way..
No the plate shouldn't make contact with either of the plastic gears at all. Just make sure the push button switch still actuates properly when the clutch is depressed after you're all done.
No, cutting or bending the plate defeats the auto adjuster which keeps it from putting the slack back in your cable, this is a good thing.
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Another satisfied member here, feels like a new car, thanks for the info. One question though, I have not bent over the tab yet. After bending it would I ever need that tab again, even if I put on an aftermarket adjuster and quadrant?
I doubt it. I'm sure you could jam a large flathead screwdriver up there and pop the gears back if you needed to get more slack in the cable or redo your adjustment.
OMG am I glad I found this thread. I was so disappointed at the track. I now know why I sucked at shifting. My car feels soooooooo different and is easy to powershift now.
Awesome work guys !!!!
Awesome work guys !!!!
Thanks a lot for the write-up. It helped a lot. I'm guessing there should still be a little play ( 1/4 inch or so) in the feeling of the clutch pedal as to not destroy the TOB?
i just did this mod, had great response from it, now recommended to a friend
Yes ideally if you can still shift the car with a little play that's good. But to be completely honest TOBs don't seem to last long in the Terminator probably due to the fact many people have keep them adjusted tight against the PP to be able to shift the car decently.
I have had my stock quad. on and off three times now and have wondered about that metal bracket, I am going to do this when I wake up later today
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wow! what a difference! I thought my clutch was dead or dying, but that is not the case!
All I did was remove the cotter pin, take off the stock quadrant( to give my self some room to work with) and got my adjustable wrench on that metal tab and got it pulled almost to where it is completely 180, and I put the stock quadrant back on, and moved the self adjuster by hand, and started the car and it went easily into reverse, and I took it out for a test drive. It is so easy to powershift now!!
All I did was remove the cotter pin, take off the stock quadrant( to give my self some room to work with) and got my adjustable wrench on that metal tab and got it pulled almost to where it is completely 180, and I put the stock quadrant back on, and moved the self adjuster by hand, and started the car and it went easily into reverse, and I took it out for a test drive. It is so easy to powershift now!!
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what the motherloving **** were the designers thinking with this setup?
I just tried this and i think i epic failed somehow, now Reverse is locked out. i added 3 clicks, jammed a prybar between the seat hump (i took out the seat) and used it to hold the clutch down while i spent an hour trying to bend that ****ing retarded ass adjuster stop. Succeeded, but the clutch was insanely hard to press (and i didnt have Reverse either). Figured i made it too tight, so is stuck a screwdriver up there to reset it all, went 2 clicks. Pedal pressure feels normal now, but still no Reverse.
maybe i need to start the car? brb.......
I just tried this and i think i epic failed somehow, now Reverse is locked out. i added 3 clicks, jammed a prybar between the seat hump (i took out the seat) and used it to hold the clutch down while i spent an hour trying to bend that ****ing retarded ass adjuster stop. Succeeded, but the clutch was insanely hard to press (and i didnt have Reverse either). Figured i made it too tight, so is stuck a screwdriver up there to reset it all, went 2 clicks. Pedal pressure feels normal now, but still no Reverse.
maybe i need to start the car? brb.......
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k nm car has to be turned on to get Reverse lol. Was freaking out for a second.
Clutch was engaging very high, reset it and now i think im at 2 clicks over where i was.
worst mod ever in terms of physical abuse required to take during the process. Ive worked on dsms, honduhs, this takes the cake. Ive come to realize the human body just isnt meant to fit up in there, i cant imagine doing a Quadrant/Adjuster combo (which i have in a box, was gonna attempt but decided against it). Hopefully this works and i can sell those off, gonna go finish putting the seat in and go for a ride, will post results.
Clutch was engaging very high, reset it and now i think im at 2 clicks over where i was.
worst mod ever in terms of physical abuse required to take during the process. Ive worked on dsms, honduhs, this takes the cake. Ive come to realize the human body just isnt meant to fit up in there, i cant imagine doing a Quadrant/Adjuster combo (which i have in a box, was gonna attempt but decided against it). Hopefully this works and i can sell those off, gonna go finish putting the seat in and go for a ride, will post results.
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