By EasyHow
How to tighten the clutch
Such a failure, as the weakening of the tension of the clutch cable is familiar to every motorist. This happens quite often, and although it's not serious, but can cause failure of the entire powertrain. Pull the rope with your hands is not difficult and everyone can do this.
Instruction
Look under the hood of the car, a lever attached to the clutch cable. He comes out of the transmission in most models is located on the right side.
Pull the cable with pliers for the pin, which is at the end. At the same time, the clutch pedal in the cabin will rise up.
Tighten up on the nut end of the studs. It has the shape of a half-cylinder. Twisted is not very strong, so that this can be done simply by hand.
Release the cable and make sure that the stud fits snugly into the hole on the lever.
Note
Do not abandon the nut too, so this has not led to the jump off of the studs and the failure of the cable. Also it is not much clamping – this can also cause rupture of the cable. Ensure that the cable does not have bends and preliminary. This will cause the pedal to be pressed hard and will notice a binding. Very helpful lubricate the entire cable with graphite grease. This will increase the smoothness of pressing the pedal. Before going out on the road test the clutch is a lot of having switching the transmission in place and only after you make sure that everything happens without any zboev can get on the road. Loss of traction while driving can lead to emergency situation.
Useful advice
In order not to err in search of the lever to which is attached the cable, it is useful to take the help of another person, who will sit in the cabin and pressed the clutch pedal. What will move this is a necessary lever. The first time to put the necessary tension may not be obtained. Therefore, abandon or tighten the nut to until the gear change will not be totally smooth and will not be accompanied by additional noise. In principle, there is a certain standard, how smooth should turn on transmission. Where each driver chooses the way he likes.
