"Cosmin N." <no@email.com> wrote in
news:%w8Fc.3559$Wp81.2841@news04.bloor.is.net.cabl e.rogers.com:

> mac55 wrote:
>> "Jehu" <dcoxREMOVETHIS@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
>> news:<yv0Fc.15420$vO1.102154@nnrp1.uunet.ca>...
>>
>>>I have a 2000 Civic SiR (Si in the US). My question is does anyone
>>>know what the Honda spec is for the movement of the clutch pedal?
>>>What I mean is how far from top to bottom does a properly adjusted
>>>clutch pedal go?
>>>
>>>The reason I ask is that mine seems to be a quite large distance
>>>compaired to my friends 1997 civic and I was told the other day at a
>>>performance shop that it seems really long compaired to other civics.
>>
>> I don't have an answer. That just may be the way honda is building
>> the clutches for civics these days. I have an O4, EX sedan 5 spd. I
>> can tell you that the clutch stroke is significantly longer than any
>> other manual i have driven. Also, the engagement point is very high.
>> Although the clutch is very smooth, I am getting tired of bringing my
>> knee up to my chest to shift. Could be time for an automatic
>>
>
> The clutch height can be adjusted as far as I know. On my 01 Prelude
> (30k km) the clutch engages within the middle third of the total pedal
> travel. On a friend's 90 Integra (130k km) it is in the bottom
> quarter. His clutch disengages completely only when the pedal hits the
> floor and over a smaller distance than on my Prelude. There is nothing
> wrong with his clutch, that's the way he adjusted it.
>
> Cosmin
>

In my Haynes manual for 94-00 Integra,96-00 Civic and 97-00 Cr-V,the clutch
pedal height is specified at 6.5 inches for Civic and Integra,and CR-V is
spec'd at 7 3/16 inches.

clutch freeplay is 1/2 to 3/4 inch.

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Jim Yanik
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