Bell housing question

[pete g]

swiss

you need to make sure that when you run out of pedel travel [with your clutch pedal] that there is still some more clearance at the bellhousing end .and you are not trying to pull the end off your cable..the only way around this is a different lenght inner /outer cable.

[normal one is the capri 1.6 cable 1057 number i think from memory.or grind out the hole in the bellhousing to give more clearance.or use a different clutch arm with correct throw[or modifly your own]and last maybe put a spacer or longer/shorter release bearing.

plus cheap clutch cables can break very quick if you have a clearance problem.

i know i got through about 3 in one week. was cheaper to sort out the problem.

in my case was to change from the 1.8 cvh arm to the 1.6 arm. [lay them side by side to would notice a difference] but in operation gave just enough more clearance to stop the cables from keep breaking.

hope this makes sense

regards pete

[SwissWesty]

Hi Pete,

thanks for your advice.  

On my car it's not really a clearance problem (there is a albeit small gap between the bell housing cutout and the arm at the end of pedal travel) but rather a problem concerning the angle clutch cable - clutch arm.  

The best solution would be to have the arm positioned further away from the clutch assembly.

But for this i would need a "longer" release bearing then my actually one or a spacer to give more space between arm and clutch.

Therefore my question about spacers.

In any case i will try the capri cable you mentioned, cos for my car the original Westfield one is a little short (my car is LHD), i saw some cables at Burtons online shop.

Cheers

Robert