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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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Default Paddle clutch pedal conversion probs

i have been trying to follow heemans guide on changing the clutch system for the stronger set up ( http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/vi...c.php?t=127412 ) as my paddle has knackered the rear of the pedal and i now have no clutch pedal travel and its nearly impossible to select a gear and i have to start the car in gear all the time

So i tried to leave everything in the car and just remove the pedal......



But as the pic shows it clearly didn't work as there is no room whatsoever to do it like that so i removed the whole pedal box
Dunno how you did it heeman but you clearly have more patience than me!!!

Now i have these parts to fit....



And i have followed the microcat diagram and fitted them like this....





But if i rotate the quadrant the pawl just slips on the teeth which cant be good. The other thing too is the clutch cable bracket that bolts on to the end of the peddle box, is slightly different when its a manual adjust and so it gets in the way of the metal screw meaning the pedal wont move so i have had to angle grind a channel out of it for the metal screw as you can see so that when the pedal is depressed it does not hit the bracket......




I'm basically just not very confident.. I have the pedal box fully built now and looks like this...


But i don't see how the screw is actually going to work.
Am i right this is to adjust pedal height?? if so how as it seems to do bugger all.

Oh and should the clutch pedal have as much movement as the brake and accelerator as the clutch cable bracket still limits the movement of the pedal wen lifting it up.

Any help would be really appreciated!! Cheers Dave
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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anyone???
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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i noticed the quadrant is the same one that you use to do the mk5 pedal conversion on the rs turbos. However with that conversion you are suposed to do away with the ratchet mechanism. Is this the conversion you are trying to carry out????
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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its not a ratchet mechanism mate, its mnual adjust, the white nob only alters pedal height
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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Looking at it like this.........the pawl locks the quadrant, but you have the adjuster attached to the pawl.

usually there is a screw which pushes the quadrant round to soak up the slack in the cable.

What you're doing varies from the guide significantly
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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what im doing is changing from automatic to manual adjust mate....
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Yea thats what i mean.

But in order to have manual adjustment, you need to fuck the pawl off for a start, and the screw should make a direct contact to the quadrant in order to move it back and forth.

In the guide you have, they have welded a nut on, and the bolt pokes through and pushes quadrant backwards/forwards

I can't see what the bits you have bought are meant to do
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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have a look on ap racings website, you will find there manual pedal conversion on there.
It might help
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Need to do this myself at some point before my pedal eats the quadrant
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