Had a new new clutch a couple of years ago new cable only a few months ago.All is fine untill you drive for around 30mins then its crunching in reverse its fine in all forward gears.A few clicks on the adjustment sorts it for a time but the paddle is quite high at least level with the brake peddle so I don't wont to make much of a adjustment any input would be of a great help
Technical SEICENTO clutch adjustment problems
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Technical SEICENTO clutch adjustment problems
You need to adjust the clutch cable so that the clutch starts to bite about 1/3 of the distance between fully down and fully up. The clutch should be fully engaged by the time the pedal is 2/3 up.
Adjusting the clutch cable should not change the *height* of the clutch pedal... it only affects the point at which the clutch plate starts to engage.
Is the clutch itself heavy, bearing in mind it's the size of a saucer (ask your mum)? It should be *really* light so that you wonder if the cable is even connected to anything. If it's a job to press in the clutch (or you're eating up clutch cables), it could be it's on the way out.
Also, do you have a lock nut on the cable? It could be it's adjusted fine but then it goes out of adjustment. There should be two nuts on the cable (ideally one being a nyloc nut).
Ralf S.
Adjusting the clutch cable should not change the *height* of the clutch pedal... it only affects the point at which the clutch plate starts to engage.
Is the clutch itself heavy, bearing in mind it's the size of a saucer (ask your mum)? It should be *really* light so that you wonder if the cable is even connected to anything. If it's a job to press in the clutch (or you're eating up clutch cables), it could be it's on the way out.
Also, do you have a lock nut on the cable? It could be it's adjusted fine but then it goes out of adjustment. There should be two nuts on the cable (ideally one being a nyloc nut).
Ralf S.
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Sure about that? Seems to me the sei setup can't not move the pedal slightly when you adjust it. And having done clutches on various centos i am sure the pedal moves in relation to the brake pedal when you adjust it, furthermore, and i am scraping my memory now but does the haynes not tell you have to adjust the clutch in terms of how far the pedal moves from not depressed to fully depressed. It has no real bearing on your post really if i'm honest but the pedal defo moves, remember its cable on a cento and not hydraulic, a hydraulic clutch wouldnt move the pedal...
I think a locknut is probably the answer here too if the clutch is not dying, perhaps next time you adjust it make a small mark on the adjustment nut and the cable and see if over time the marks move away form each other, that will prove the adjuster is moving over time which it obviously shouldn't.
I dunno if the Sei' has a pedal stop... but in theory, if the pedal is hard against a stop then adjusting the cable can't make it move any further "up".
Of course, if the cable is loose enough, the pedal will sag, so then it would rise as you adjusted the cable.
Ralf S.
Of course, if the cable is loose enough, the pedal will sag, so then it would rise as you adjusted the cable.
Ralf S.
yeah in a cinq and sei the pedal isnt as far up as it can go by fair margin when properly adjusted so it does move when you tighten or slacken it..
