jmccart

I have been meaning to adjust the rod so the clutch grabs sooner in the clutch travel (not so close to the floor). Today, while cruising in a parking lot, while pushing the pedal down deep to the floor, it made this loud grinding/squealing noise. I felt it in the pedal big-time. Then it did it again while parking at work.


What the heck?

Any ideas?

I did take the 30 seconds to lengthen the rod a few minutes ago.

Thanx.

PourinDiesel

Clutch being dis-engaged too far.

jmccart

Thanx. Does the way I explained it make sense? I thought about that but it seems backwards. I had the rod too short, and it was not shifting easy, so I really had to push the pedal down far. It seems that if it was that way, I could not be getting the pedal down too far.

Before I did not have the lil' plastic switch for the "no-start-w/o-clutch-depressed" thingy.

Thanx for the help PourinDiesel!

beaver76

With my 3250 the clutch engages at the top of the pedal travel. When I push the pedal in the clutch sounds like brakes that are metal to metal. Is that what it sounds like?

jmccart

That is exactly what it sounds like.

Topper1

Sounds to me like your fork is hitting the outside if your clutch housing.

jmccart

It has not happened again since I adjusted the rod to be longer.

beaver76

Mine has sounded like that from the first time I pushed the pedal in. I just thought the dual disks made that type of noise.

Topper1

That's not a good sound! Your actually hitting the clutch body with your clutch fork. Adjustments are needed.

beaver76

OH OH! I have adjusted the clutch pedal rod out quite a bit and the noise is stll there. If I go in farther with the rod then the nuetral saftey switch will not engage. should I adjust the pedal out farther? Please Help you have me worried now.

Hintz

Mines making that noise to, dumb question but how do you adjust the rod? Wheres it located?

RD TRCTR

Did y'all remove the washer from behind the fork pivot ball? The pivot ball threads into the transmission and a wahser/ spacer is placed between it and the transmission.

jmccart

If you have t he hydraulic upgrade, it is the rod that goes from the new master in the firewall to the back of the clutch pedal.

jmccart

I don't know. I was a one armed man for a while and had to have a shop do it. The guy who did it is a truck trans. shop.

beaver76

No I didn't mess with the pivot ball at all. There was nothing in the instructions that said anything about that. How much damage am I doing to the clutch?