Clutch way too stiff!

[marc shrpnl]

Hey all, newbie the the Subie world.

 

Just got an 86 GL Wagon, and love every bit of it...except the clutch.

 

The pedal has way too much resistance on it for some reason.Ive looked at the linkage and arm into the tranny, but dont see any problem with it. at first I thought it was a Sub thing, but after driving my buddies this weekend, I know this is not the case.

 

What could it be? any help would be greatly appreciatted!

[calebz]

could be a clutch cable on its way out

could be not enough grease on the TO bearing or fork

Could be that silly rump roast 'helper' spring they put down on the pedal box (mine got really stiff, so I removed it.. all better now)

[Caboobaroo]

or if you do those and still notice its stiff, be warned I had this problem on a friends '87 GL turbowagon. It was stiff when he got it but we thought nothing of it. Then one day while I was driving it, it started loosing the clutch like it didn't want to disengage so I tried to adjust it. Worked for about 2 miles when it started grinding again. Turned out the clutch fork pivot hadn't been greased when the clutch was done so it ended up fracturing and thus not wanting to disengage the clutch. Just another thing to check for. All you have to do is take a flashlight and peeke down the boot around the clutch fork and see if it has any fractures in it.

[MilesFox]

the clutch cable may be too tight. it should not exert any pressure on the fork at rest. back ofr the cable till the fork is relaxed, so you can wiggle it by hand, then adjust the cable just enough that it takes the slack out of the cable, but does not begin to pull the fork.

 

make your final adjustment to the clutch cable before you adjust the hill holder

 

if the cable is too tight it stresses the cable, it pushes the pp too far and wers out the fins, and if its too tight enough its as if the clutch is partially depressed and the PP wont hold 100%