How to adjust my NON ADJUSTING CLUTCH

[Jimmyzee]

IM TRYING TO GET SOME HELP WITH THIS OXYMORON CLUTCH
CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE??

 

[Jimmyzee]

I wish I knew what I was doing cause I can't get anyone to reply

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

As soon as someone has some input they will reply. You might want to give more info tho, like what year, type of engine, type of trans, what clutch/kit did you buy?

 

[Jimmyzee]

Ok here is the whole deal
I BOUGHT A NON ADJUSTING CLUTCH kit for my 2003 Ford ranger
Ok so I open the box and the first paper I pull out said
IMPORTANT CLUTCH ADJUSTMENT INFORMATION.
EVERYTHING ON MY NEW THROW OUT BARRING IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE IF I DID THE ADJUSTMENT . In other words the springs are where they should be and so is the nylon SPRING RETAINER. HOWEVER the FINGERS are about a 1/ 2 inch above the case and its said that it should be below. So I'm just confused about what to do??
Can you help with this??

 

[Jimmyzee]

As soon as someone has some input they will reply. You might want to give more info tho, like what year, type of engine, type of trans, what clutch/kit did you buy?

I sure wish I knew if someone was reading what I'm putting down. Sorry new to this

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Any hydralic clutch is non adjusting....unless im missing something here.

You have everything seated correctly?

 

[fastpakr]

Please take a moment to breathe a bit, then calmly tell us exactly what you've done to date. For one thing, I'm not at all clear on whether you're staring at the parts in the box or frustrated after replacing the clutch that it's not working properly.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

And a pic is worth a thousand words.

 

[adsm08]

Any hydralic clutch is non adjusting....unless im missing something here.

You have everything seated correctly?

Not entirely true. The clutch disc still wears, and so the pressure plate either has to adjust or you get the pedal getting higher and higher before engagement. Think of it like a disc brake, as the pad wears down the caliper piston starts staying farther and farther out.

A self-adjusting pressure plate will compensate for this with a ratcheting mechanism (think self adjusting screw on a drum brake) that keeps the fingers down so far when they move to a certain point. Conventional wisdom in the US is that a self adjusting pressure plate cannot be reused because it will lock the clutch up, but in reality if you put it in a press and push the fingers down as far as they go it resets the ratchet and allows them to go back to the new position. We just don't do it because pressure plates in general don't get re-used in the US. This isn't the OP's issue since he bought a non-adjusting clutch.

So my question to the OP is "Why did you do that?"

Also I agree with 85,

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Not entirely true. The clutch disc still wears, and so the pressure plate either has to adjust or you get the pedal getting higher and higher before engagement. Think of it like a disc brake, as the pad wears down the caliper piston starts staying farther and farther out.

A self-adjusting pressure plate will compensate for this with a ratcheting mechanism (think self adjusting screw on a drum brake) that keeps the fingers down so far when they move to a certain point. Conventional wisdom in the US is that a self adjusting pressure plate cannot be reused because it will lock the clutch up, but in reality if you put it in a press and push the fingers down as far as they go it resets the ratchet and allows them to go back to the new position. We just don't do it because pressure plates in general don't get re-used in the US. This isn't the OP's issue since he bought a non-adjusting clutch.

So my question to the OP is "Why did you do that?"

Also I agree with 85,

Yes, but i was thinking clutch adjustment as in adjusting the clutch manually. Thats what i was getting at.

 

[pjtoledo]

those 3 little springs are the adjusting do -hickies.

 

[pjtoledo]

when the clutch is bolted to the flywheel it will push the pressure plate in, that moves the fingers.

when not attached, the clutch is in a released, way too far released, position. bolting it on puts it in a clamped position.

 

[1MadRanger]

OP did all that freaking out and never came back..

Think he just needed someone to talk to.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

OP did all that freaking out and never came back..

Think he just needed someone to talk to.

Or he hasn't realized yet that there have been replies to his thread. It took me a long time to figure out that even though I was replying to threads, I didn't automatically get subscribed to them, and get an email when a new post was added. @Jim Oaks is there a setting somewhere in the back that can do that (automatically subscribe a user to a thread they post in, and automatically set them to receive emails when a new post is added to the thread?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

is there a setting somewhere in the back that can do that (automatically subscribe a user to a thread they post in, and automatically set them to receive emails when a new post is added to the thread?

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