Quinc

My girlfriends clutch isn't grabbing as much as it should and of course it happened while i was driving. anyway i was hoping someone might be able to tell me how to adjust the clutch? or if there might be something else i should trouble shoot? driving it the rpms will go up alot and your speed will slowly increase. i might be wrong but i'm pretty sure its the clutch, any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you!

HighBoost

cluth wear out. need a new clutch.

Quinc

is it possible to adjust them?

sql_civic

iTrader: (10)

No , your clutch is hydrolic so as it wears more fluid is pumps to the clutch cylinder much like a disc brake system. Sounds like you just need a new clutch.

97civicb18c1

it does sound like your clutch is going out but there is one way you could adjust it and it might help for a little bit. If you go inside the car and look at the linkage between the clutch pedal and the clutch master cylinder it is a threaded rod that screws into the pedal, there is also a peg with a cotter pin above that for a pivot point for the pedal...Take the cotter pin out and the peg then adjust that rod connected to the clutch master cylinder. If you screw it in the clutch wont pull out as far when you push the pedal down and it will grab harder when you pull the clutch out just play with that and see if it helps..when your done there is an adjustable bump stop that the pedal hits when its not depressed, adjust that until it hits the pedal so your pedal doesnt have "play" in it.

If all that doesnt work then you need a new clutch, no other way out.

CivicHatch9one

iTrader: (2)

its the clutch. all adjusting the pedal is going to do is make the unenguagment (pedal pressed down, clutch is free)tighter not the engagement(clutch pedal is up).

when the pedal is up(not pressing it in gear) thats all you can get. the only adjustment you could make it when the pedal catches closer to the floor or closer to the top. i hope that makes sense i tried to make it as easy to understand as i could.

sql_civic

iTrader: (10)

Another thought, be sure that you have enough fluid in your clutch master cylinder reservoir.

smithj

just out of curiositty what does the pedal have to do with the clutch grabbing or not grabbing. if the pedal is out and the clutch is good then it should grab. now if the pedal was out of adjustment then when you went to move the car would grind into gear or it wouldn't go in at all.

Fanatic4Christ

you need a new clutch.. if you have some tool's it's not that hard, unscrew all the stuff and take out the axel's.. i changed my clutch twice in one day (over looked it and put it in backwards LOL) but it took me like 6-7 hours the first time to install and re-install everything to running condition then the 2nd time (RIGHT after) took me 2-3 hours in and out =D i can do it even faster if i was to do it again haha i'd say 1 hour and 45 mins!!!!!!!!!! haha but you can't adjust it just just swap it out.. new clutch? 100 bux from a autopart store... OR cheaper online... ALSO you MIGHT need a new flywheel... i know i put in my clutch and i need a new fly wheel and like yeah i dident have the money and now when i take off sometimes my tires kinda jump jump jump like grip grip grip like weird i dunno how to explain it.. makes my car jump alot though.. haha so CHECK THAT FLYWHEEL WHILE YOUR AT IT and i recommend you do this yourself.... with someone that knows how to do it or if you do still have a friend or relative help you out...

Bigred1957

Not if the clutch is adjusted too tight previously! Happened to me on a customer's car once. Wouldn't admit he messed with it and burned out his clutch. So there definitely are cons to attempting to "get a few more miles" out of a bad clutch. Much more expensive in the long run, better to just replace the clutch.