Low Clutch Biting Point

[donpulsar]

I know this has been covered before :roll: , but can anyone offer any tips / help /advice for raising the biting point from near the floor :?:

I've seen the post re: bleeding the slave cylinder, but have also read posts where that has had no effect ( and that the job can be a b*tch to do )
I also tried to get to the rod on the back of the clutch pedal ( to adjust it in / out in an attempt to raise the biting point ), but the steering column and a lump of metal shaped like a half circular collar prevented me getting my grips / pliers in there.

Can anyone help as i'm starting to go outta my mind :!:

Thanks in advance

 

[AJ4]

Check that your pedal box isn't broken - they usually snap at the top and the whole box slowly folds towards the floor giving a low biting point.

Probably not it, but worth a look. Try grabbing the pedal and pulling it back up, see if it moves.

 

[donpulsar]

Hey Ross,

Cheers for the tip - checked the pedals ; there's a little bit of sideway movement on the clutch pedal but no upward movement past where it stops level with the brake.

Any other ideas anyone :?:

 

[Stoned]

new master cylinder?

I found on my old car when my break cylinder was going the brake bite power was lower and lower. A new brake master cylinder solved it right away and bite was back at the top

 

[stevepudney]

Go here http://forum.gtiroc.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=7909 and get a strengthening bracket to stop all that sideways movement.

 

[donpulsar]

Thanks for all your help fellas, got it sorted by adjusting the rod at the back of the clutch pedal - works like a dream now ( it's like driving a different car :!: )

Does anyone have a picture of a clutch pedal bracket ( fitted or unfitted :?: ) as I'm wanting to see if I need to get one ( my R is a 1994 L so I'm guessing there's one there already :?: )

Cheers

 

[stevepudney]

If you have side to side movement in the pedal assembly them you ain't got one, I wouldn't rely on the fact it's a late model.