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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how to adjust the clutch pedal.
It is catching close to the floor. My slave cyclinder is full so I
know that is not the problem either. Thanks

There is no adjustments.
Likely you have a leaky clutch master cylinder. Did you have to fill it up
lately?
You have air in the hyd. line that needs bled out.
Check the firewall behind the clutch pedal, it is likely "wet" with brake
fluid.

"Ron B" <pensgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how to adjust the clutch pedal.
> It is catching close to the floor. My slave cyclinder is full so I
> know that is not the problem either. Thanks

Although you cant adjust the hydraulics, you can adjust the mechanical
parts of the pedal. Honda have good information here
http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/index.html
or here to go straight to the clutch info
http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/pdf/12-4.pdf

Mista Bone wrote:
> There is no adjustments.
> Likely you have a leaky clutch master cylinder. Did you have to fill it up
> lately?
> You have air in the hyd. line that needs bled out.
> Check the firewall behind the clutch pedal, it is likely "wet" with brake
> fluid.
>
> "Ron B" <pensgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7c986394.0404271812.6780b351@posting.google.c om...
>
>>Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how to adjust the clutch pedal.
>>It is catching close to the floor. My slave cyclinder is full so I
>>know that is not the problem either. Thanks
>
>
>

Dave, you are the man, you can adjust the clutch pedal!! The is a bolt
with a switch on pedal assembley, I rotated it twice. Pedal height not
changed much
but have more room from floor until clutch catches.




"Dave.G" <dave@home.sleeping> wrote in message news:<ndRjc.76$RI.54@newsfe1-win>...
> Although you cant adjust the hydraulics, you can adjust the mechanical
> parts of the pedal. Honda have good information here
> http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/index.html
> or here to go straight to the clutch info
> http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/pdf/12-4.pdf
>
> Mista Bone wrote:
> > There is no adjustments.
> > Likely you have a leaky clutch master cylinder. Did you have to fill it up
> > lately?
> > You have air in the hyd. line that needs bled out.
> > Check the firewall behind the clutch pedal, it is likely "wet" with brake
> > fluid.
> >
> > "Ron B" <pensgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:7c986394.0404271812.6780b351@posting.google.c om...
> >
> >>Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how to adjust the clutch pedal.
> >>It is catching close to the floor. My slave cyclinder is full so I
> >>know that is not the problem either. Thanks
> >
> >
> >

On 28 Apr 2004 19:25:41 -0700, pensgoon@yahoo.com (Ron B) wrote:

>Dave, you are the man, you can adjust the clutch pedal!! The is a bolt
>with a switch on pedal assembley, I rotated it twice. Pedal height not
>changed much
>but have more room from floor until clutch catches.

I gather you've changed the push-rod effective length. That is supposed to
be defined by a clearance tolerance between the push rod and the master
cylinder piston... *not* by tinkering with it to make the clutch *seem* to
work better. If you've lengthened the push-rod too much, you could have a
dragging clutch... and big $$ repairs in your future. I think you should
adjust the thing properly, and as Mista Bone says, check the hydraulics for
leaking seals.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

I did not touch push rod length. I turned adjustment bolt only 2
rotations. This is not very much. I still have same amount of play in
clutch until it engages. Would I be able to tell if clutch is
grabbing? Honda says to back adjust bolt all the way out till no
longer touches, then adjust pushrod, then screw adjustment bolt back
till just touches , then another full turn. My adjustment bolt is
screwed in more than that after I adjusted it. I hate not to srcew
with it when itr seems to be working better.

you still haven't fix the problem, just putting a band-aid on it.

"Ron B" <pensgoon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I did not touch push rod length. I turned adjustment bolt only 2
> rotations. This is not very much. I still have same amount of play in
> clutch until it engages. Would I be able to tell if clutch is
> grabbing? Honda says to back adjust bolt all the way out till no
> longer touches, then adjust pushrod, then screw adjustment bolt back
> till just touches , then another full turn. My adjustment bolt is
> screwed in more than that after I adjusted it. I hate not to srcew
> with it when itr seems to be working better.

pensgoon@yahoo.com (Ron B) wrote in message news:<7c986394.0404291335.346a5ce@posting.google.c om>...
> I did not touch push rod length. I turned adjustment bolt only 2
> rotations. This is not very much. I still have same amount of play in
> clutch until it engages. Would I be able to tell if clutch is
> grabbing? Honda says to back adjust bolt all the way out till no
> longer touches, then adjust pushrod, then screw adjustment bolt back
> till just touches , then another full turn. My adjustment bolt is
> screwed in more than that after I adjusted it. I hate not to srcew
> with it when itr seems to be working better.

Basically, the mechanical adjuster is there to take the slop out of
the mechanical pedal linkage. You can generally feel it when it's too
loose, there is a really floppy pedal at the top until it starts to
hit the hydraulics. You can adjust that slop out as much as you can.
If you overtighten it, then the clutch will be slightly disengaged all
the time. That may not be enough to cause slippage, but it means that
there will be pressure on the release bearing all the time, and I can
tell you from experience that those things aren't overengineered any
on Hondas.

Adjustment at the pedal does not affect the Release Bearing full time. Since the pedal has an assist
spring, it's pretty much put 0 pressure on the RB when there is no external force put on it.

z wrote:

> Basically, the mechanical adjuster is there to take the slop out of
> the mechanical pedal linkage. You can generally feel it when it's too
> loose, there is a really floppy pedal at the top until it starts to
> hit the hydraulics. You can adjust that slop out as much as you can.
> If you overtighten it, then the clutch will be slightly disengaged all
> the time. That may not be enough to cause slippage, but it means that
> there will be pressure on the release bearing all the time, and I can
> tell you from experience that those things aren't overengineered any
> on Hondas.