Help with clutch cable adjuster

98SN-95 · October 24th, 2010, 03:01 AM

So i just installed a new clutch and flywheel and the steeda adjustable clutch cable, Now am having a problem with the cable i believe, I adjusted the cable at the fork and tighten the two bolts but for some reason have come lose again so my pedal feels all mushy and vibrates. First time it happen i re-tighten the blots and it stopped the mushy/vibrating clutch pedal. Now today it did it again. Can someone please tell me if i did it wrong, the big bolt goes before the fork hole and the small bolt after or both bolts go threw the fork? Put some lock tight on the threads so it does nt come loose again??? I just dnt want to be dealing with this crap again since its starting to rain.
Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

v6kid · October 24th, 2010, 03:07 AM

Did you tighten the front and back bolts against the fork, so that it was tightly wedged in there?

EDIT: I was a little confused

98SN-95 · October 24th, 2010, 03:27 AM

This is how it did it.

goren813 · October 24th, 2010, 02:53 PM

Looks right to me, It's kind of tough to fit a tool in there but you gotta hold the larger one solid and tighten the other one down at the same time... shouldn't be coming loose at all if you've tightened it good.
Are you running the other adjustable components? i.e. firewall, quadrant and pedal adjuster?

98SN-95 · October 24th, 2010, 03:10 PM

I figure it was right but wasn't sure. No I have the firewall adjuste and clutch pedal adjuster but didn't install them just installed the steeda clutch cable. Should i install the firewall and pedal adjuster?

v6kid · October 24th, 2010, 03:11 PM

You just make to make sure that the nuts are TIGHT against each other.

98SN-95 · October 24th, 2010, 03:30 PM

Just hard to believe that it would have come lose again cuz I tighten the crap out of them to make sure it wouldn't come lose. Should I used loc tight to prevent it from coming lose in the future? Would the vibrations make the bolts come loose?

v6kid · October 24th, 2010, 03:52 PM

As long as they were tight against each other the vibrations should have made it loose. I would say to use loctite if you have to... the problem is that you shouldn't have to.

The way that me and my friend installed his was, I used a pry bar to get the fork arm out of the way while he used 2 wrenches on both nuts. You loosen the big one and tighten the little one, This makes the 2 push towards each other. Ya see what I'm saying?

98SN-95 · October 24th, 2010, 06:07 PM

Yea I do. And that's Exacly wat I did but am nt sure what happen until tomarrow when I get under the car to c wats the deal. Would it b possible that the cable is streaching or something?

v6kid · October 24th, 2010, 08:07 PM

I wouldn't think so.

98SN-95 · October 26th, 2010, 07:51 PM

So what i feared was true damn it. the nut started to back up making the clutch loose.
This is how it was when i took the cover off. compare with the first pic i posted and you can see the first one has long treads and this one is shorter.

98SN-95 · October 26th, 2010, 07:58 PM

Also i took this video idk is this normal for the fork to vibrate this much? I think it might have been the reason to have made the nut to come loose nt sure. I put in a billet aluminum flywheel.

98SN-95 · October 28th, 2010, 09:37 AM

Any suggestions? I can't believe it after putting loc tight on the damn treads it has come loose again. I was on my way to work this morning getting off the freeway when the pedal started feeling all mushy again WTF is going on with this freaken cable? Do I need to install the quadrant or what??

October 24th, 2010, 03:01 AM	#1
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	Help with clutch cable adjuster So i just installed a new clutch and flywheel and the steeda adjustable clutch cable, Now am having a problem with the cable i believe, I adjusted the cable at the fork and tighten the two bolts but for some reason have come lose again so my pedal feels all mushy and vibrates. First time it happen i re-tighten the blots and it stopped the mushy/vibrating clutch pedal. Now today it did it again. Can someone please tell me if i did it wrong, the big bolt goes before the fork hole and the small bolt after or both bolts go threw the fork? Put some lock tight on the threads so it does nt come loose again??? I just dnt want to be dealing with this crap again since its starting to rain. Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 24th, 2010, 03:07 AM	#2
v6kid Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 Mustang v6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,725 iTrader: 0 reviews	Did you tighten the front and back bolts against the fork, so that it was tightly wedged in there? EDIT: I was a little confused __________________ I went to school to be a mechanic, so I know what I'm talking about most of the time. mods in the garage, slowly getting peppier. 6ershootout.com summer of 2012... Be There Last edited by v6kid; October 24th, 2010 at 03:10 PM.

October 24th, 2010, 03:27 AM	#3
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	This is how it did it. __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 24th, 2010, 02:53 PM	#4
goren813 MM's Official Lucifer '00 3.8L & '05 4.6L Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 3,620 iTrader: 0 reviews	Looks right to me, It's kind of tough to fit a tool in there but you gotta hold the larger one solid and tighten the other one down at the same time... shouldn't be coming loose at all if you've tightened it good. Are you running the other adjustable components? i.e. firewall, quadrant and pedal adjuster? __________________ "Fast she goes...in the city of Overdose"

October 24th, 2010, 03:10 PM	#5
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	I figure it was right but wasn't sure. No I have the firewall adjuste and clutch pedal adjuster but didn't install them just installed the steeda clutch cable. Should i install the firewall and pedal adjuster? __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 24th, 2010, 03:11 PM	#6
v6kid Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 Mustang v6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,725 iTrader: 0 reviews	You just make to make sure that the nuts are TIGHT against each other. __________________ I went to school to be a mechanic, so I know what I'm talking about most of the time. mods in the garage, slowly getting peppier. 6ershootout.com summer of 2012... Be There

October 24th, 2010, 03:30 PM	#7
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	Just hard to believe that it would have come lose again cuz I tighten the crap out of them to make sure it wouldn't come lose. Should I used loc tight to prevent it from coming lose in the future? Would the vibrations make the bolts come loose? __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 24th, 2010, 03:52 PM	#8
v6kid Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 Mustang v6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,725 iTrader: 0 reviews	As long as they were tight against each other the vibrations should have made it loose. I would say to use loctite if you have to... the problem is that you shouldn't have to. The way that me and my friend installed his was, I used a pry bar to get the fork arm out of the way while he used 2 wrenches on both nuts. You loosen the big one and tighten the little one, This makes the 2 push towards each other. Ya see what I'm saying? __________________ I went to school to be a mechanic, so I know what I'm talking about most of the time. mods in the garage, slowly getting peppier. 6ershootout.com summer of 2012... Be There Last edited by v6kid; October 24th, 2010 at 03:55 PM.

October 24th, 2010, 06:07 PM	#9
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	Yea I do. And that's Exacly wat I did but am nt sure what happen until tomarrow when I get under the car to c wats the deal. Would it b possible that the cable is streaching or something? __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 24th, 2010, 08:07 PM	#10
v6kid Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 Mustang v6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,725 iTrader: 0 reviews	I wouldn't think so. __________________ I went to school to be a mechanic, so I know what I'm talking about most of the time. mods in the garage, slowly getting peppier. 6ershootout.com summer of 2012... Be There

October 26th, 2010, 07:51 PM	#11
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	So what i feared was true damn it. the nut started to back up making the clutch loose. This is how it was when i took the cover off. compare with the first pic i posted and you can see the first one has long treads and this one is shorter. __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 26th, 2010, 07:58 PM	#12
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	Also i took this video idk is this normal for the fork to vibrate this much? I think it might have been the reason to have made the nut to come loose nt sure. I put in a billet aluminum flywheel. __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

October 28th, 2010, 09:37 AM	#13
98SN-95 Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Windsor, CALI Posts: 71 iTrader: 0 reviews	Any suggestions? I can't believe it after putting loc tight on the damn treads it has come loose again. I was on my way to work this morning getting off the freeway when the pedal started feeling all mushy again WTF is going on with this freaken cable? Do I need to install the quadrant or what?? __________________ BBK Intake, BBK Pullys, 8.5MM MSD Wires, Accel Coilpack, Flowmaster 80s Side exit exhaust, Steeda Short Shift Kit, 04 SVT Cobra Wheels 12K H.I.D.s headlights, 10K H.I.D. fog lights

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